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    any chance someone could decipher this stencil?

    CMPicon service grade.
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    http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2478/...bc47b6.jpg?v=0
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    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.

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    To me looks like a bad stenciling job!

    USMC-1 159 ?
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    HHC 1 -159

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

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

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