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Artifacts

Paratrooper's M2 Pocket Knife

Artifact Details

An OSS pocket knife with a wooden handle, slightly opened to show its blade.

This OSS paratrooper’s knife, issued to a member of the Free Thai Movement, went into the parachutist’s breast pocket for use in the event he landed in a tree and had to cut himself free of his parachute lines.  The blade is spring activated to enable opening it with one hand.

Artifact Specs

18 cm x 19 cm x 1.5 cm

(L x W x H)

Additional Photos

The knife fully extended to a parallel position with the handle.

Learn More

War of a Different Kind: OSS and Free Thai Operations in World War II