Help Identifying a WW2 Ka-bar

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Hi I would really appreciate it if someone could help me identify a knife that I inherited from my grandfather who was a First Class Enlisted man for the USN in WW2, he was posted on the USS Little. I think it is a Camillus USN MK1 utility knife, but what is throwing me off is that there is only "Camillus N.Y." on one side of the blade and no other markings on the other side. Any help to ID which of the 30 variants would be greatly appreciated as I can't find many examples around to compare against. Images links are below.

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I can't help with the identification. But I can Welcome you to the Kabar forum. You are in the company of experts Im just not one of them:D Rest assured my friend you will get your answer and it will be correct:thumbsup:
 
It is a Camillus MK 1. As to which variation I would think you would have to ask on a Camillus related thread rather than a KA-BAR one.
 
Your son found a genuine WW2 USMC MK2 knife. When I was a kid (I'm 73) we used to buy them at an army-navy store for $1.50-2.00 and take them into the woods to our campsite and throw them until they got lost or broken. I wouldn't clean it much more. It does not have a lot of collector value due to condition, but it is a pretty cool find.
 
Ricasso stamps with a thin (1/4") pinned pommel and factory bent guard would make it a late 1943 or early 1944 knife. I can't remember exactly when the stamp shift to the guard occurred, but the pinned pommel knives were made through most if not all of 1944 and 1945.
 
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