Hi Cal,
Sorry its taken me this long to reply again, but you said you'd like to see some images of the 03A3 I was recently gifted by my Marine WWII friend. Hopefully, as you said, it will be cool to post a few pics of it here.
This rifle came to me with its original DCM sales paperwork from 1963. Sales price then including shipping was $14.50.
All original and correct, a really nice old 03A3.