You appear to have a late US Victory model from early 1945, manufactured after the new hammer block safety was introduced and put into production. This reportedly happened around V 769,000, and guns with the S added to the V prefix began actually shipping in mid-January, according to Charles Pate's book, the standard reference on these.
It has standard military proofs and markings and would have shipped to a Navy yard or Army depot for further distribution.
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