Identified SS 331 USS Bugara Rigger Made Kit / Overnight Bag From 3rd War Patrol

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WWII US Navy Identified SS 331 USS Bugara Rigger Made Kit / Overnight Bag From 3rd War Patrol. White canvas body with od green webbing used for handles. On the front is a almost seven inch leather patch with a submarine exploding and a white skull with 57 imposed on its head. On the top is the sailors name stenciled. On the subs third war patrol, off the Gulf of Siam, she sank 57 Japanese merchant ships in one month. The patch is kind of like a kill flag for this patrol. Bag is roughly twelve inches tall by twenty-two inches long. We have owned this for many years and always thought it was an unidentifiable VP squadron until we put it on the US Militaria Forum page on Facebook and it was identified. You could have knocked me over with a feather when I read the id.......There were many times I almost cut the patch off, but something always told me not too, and I am glad I listened.