Original WWII U.S. Army Air Forces Prisoner of War Telegram Group - Sergeant Leroy Dean Bailey - Bronze Star Recipient MP 44 and covered in leather to

and covered in leather to provide a comfortable grip

and still has the original wide curved groove on the spine of the entire hilt

as is the cockade or hackle

reinforced concrete caves

Original WWII U.S. Army Air Forces Prisoner of War Telegram Group - Sergeant Leroy Dean Bailey - Bronze Star Recipient MP 44 and covered in leather toOriginal Item One of a Kind. June 12th, 1943 was likely one of the worst days of Sadie R. Crowders life. It was the day she received word via Western Union telegram that her son, Sergeant Leroy Dean Bailey, had been captured as a Prisoner of War of the Japanese Government. This group contains that very telegram, as well as some other ephemera relating to Baileys service during World War II, including a letter confirming his recipiency of the Bronze