Well, I realize I'm answering my own questions here but I figured someone else might find it useful. Here is some information I found on tang stamp identification.
https://www.americanedgeknives.com/b...s-tang-stamps/
Based on the tang stamp this one was made between 1960 and the late 1970s so it's not the pre-war American steel that I had hoped it might be but it is still carbon steel and American blades of that era were still pretty good if my understanding is correct.