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Thank you everyone for your replies. Ill get with my uncle and see about finding a signature or makers mark. It might be a bit as we are in different states. (I was recently visiting when I took the photos) Additionally, I agree with Brian. It seemed to decorative and clean to be used in battle, (or in the field) but my knowledge is very minimal at best so i couldn't exactly refute it. My best guess would be it was acquired around that time and the person who got it came up with that story to make it sound more interesting. Mr. Doffin, thank you for that link. The sword is going to a different uncle then his son. Ill make sure they have this info. Ill call my uncle and see if he is willing to remove the peg that Bruce pointed out and give an update.

Howdie everyone, Thank you for taking a look. So the story to go along with how my family acquired this sword is my great grandfather's brother was a medic in WW2. He arrived on the beaches of Okinawa and discovered a Japanese Officer who was dying of his injuries. He attempted to help but the Officer was to gravely injured and gave him this sword before he died. Any assistance on where it may of come from is greatly appreciated. Unfortunately the sword isn't coming to me via wills, but I still wanted to try and find some relative to return it to and talk the current owner into returning the sword.