Hi
I'll reply here since this thread is what caused me to look. As I said, I have a guy's Mk II Navy Knife from WW2. He gave it to my neighbor, and he immediately gave it to me. The family never kept anything.
Anyway, I've found the relatives from WW2, the locals in Illinois from WW2, but ONLY the army ones. Is there no database for Navy personnel? I should also look at the awards, the guy that moved into the "knife" neighbor's house had better medals than Dad. If memory serves 2 Silver Stars and 2 Purple hearts. Whoops, missed the 3 Bronze Stars dammit. Made Tech. Sergeant.
Later