Original U.S. WWII I (First) Troop Carrier Command Leather Pocket Patch Japanese Field Gear This musket features the 42"

This musket features the 42" barrel first adopted by Dragoons 1740

This massive weapon is straight out of the attic

when they travelled by rail to Cape Colony

However we can see enough of it to know that it reads as follows:

so it was used very little

Original U.S. WWII I (First) Troop Carrier Command Leather Pocket Patch Japanese Field Gear This musket features the 42"Original Item. Only One Available. The I Troop Carrier Command is a disbanded United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Continental Air Forces, at Stout Field, Indiana, where it was disbanded in November 1945, and its resources transferred to IX Troop Carrier Command. The command trained units aircrews for the theater airlift mission. It also trained aeromedical evacuation units and airlift units supporting special forces It was