
The image shows a display case with a knife on it. The knife has a wooden handle and a sharp, pointed blade. The blade is engraved with the words "Up Your Arms" and "During 1965-66 Col Simons was in charge of a MACV-SOG Operation. Codename "Shining Brass" which consisted of small, covert, cross-border missions into Cambodia, Laos, and North Vietnam. This rare knife is one of the few remaining that were made specially for Shining Brass operators, and was personally inscribed by Col Simon. It is given to Special Forces Captain Buck Wilkerson in 1966 prior to Bull's departure from MACV SOG. The Commander of MACV -SOG, MG Jack Singleton, also received one of these unique engraved fighting knives. This knife donated by LTC (LTC) Buck Wilkinson of Cody WY. 16 April 2004.
