Original U.S. Vietnam War Special Forces Counter Insurgency Support Office Bolo Machete - Banana Knife U.S. Army with oil cloth on the

with oil cloth on the top

capsized and mangled

The shell is stamped 16A in the steel under the brim

It has a data plate marked with Japanese writing and serial number 1022

303 British fluted jacket water-cooled Vickers machine guns with matching tripods

Original U.S. Vietnam War Special Forces Counter Insurgency Support Office Bolo Machete - Banana Knife U.S. Army with oil cloth on theOriginal Item: Only One Available. The Counterinsurgency Support Office was established on Okinawa in 1963 to supply clothing, weapons and equipment to Special Forces operating in Vietnam. Principally run by Ben Baker, the office issued standard and untraceable (sterile) gear as well as locally developed items such as the bolo knife, the indigenous rucksack, tiger stripe fatigues and Viet Cong style black pajamas. The SOG Bolo was sourced by Conrad B.