any chance someone could decipher this stencil?

[goo]

CMP service grade.
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/...bc47b6.jpg?v=0
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thx,
goo

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[mack]

Goo, it looks like some of the Korean stenciling we have seen in years past, but it doesn't contain any Korean alphabet I can discern. Probably not anything more than some country's rack numbers, but I can't tell which one.

It could be American, but I am sure someone will chime in and offer us some better idea than mine.

[Hank Stone]

To me looks like a bad stenciling job!

USMC-1 159 ?
204.

[TomSudz]

HHC 1 -159

Headquarters and Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 159th (whatever type of unit)

[goo]

a-ha!
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looks like my garand was used in the civil war:
159th NY Infantry Regiment during the Civil War - NY Military Museum and Veterans Research Center

..AND vietnam:

Vietnam Era US Army 159th Trans Bn DI Unit Crest
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http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2427/...a86a3e.jpg?v=0


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and maybe even the spanish american war:
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1900 Indiana Spanish American War Roster - 159th Regiment

how cool is that?

[Dan Shapiro]

Yep, should put it up on Gun Broker. Civil War rifle, probably carried by Grant himself!