Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Stave Construction Canteen with Initials & Possible Unit Marking Category_Brunswick Guns The second wave of the

The second wave of the Japanese attack struck Hickam at 8:40am and by 9:45 the attack was over

The rear sight looks to have been changed out while in service

one day before the Enola Gay departed North Field for Hiroshima

which indicates the approximate manufacture date of May-June 1943

and there is some denting and chipping on the nose in front of the barrel band

Original U.S. American Revolutionary War Stave Construction Canteen with Initials & Possible Unit Marking Category_Brunswick Guns The second wave of theOriginal Item. One of a Kind. This is a tremendous example of a Revolutionary War stave construction canteen with period inscriptions. The talented cooper who made this canteen used white cedar, and the staves are wide, but so nicely worked and fitted that it took only 5 to completely encircle the two faces, which were then bound with interlocking hoops of hickory, making a watertight container that was also light and less susceptible to rot, by the