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Originally Posted by hoc9sw
I was issued squat. I carried my service-issued 1911 .45 ACP.
It worked. It still does. It is now my only safe queen. Comes out on Memorial Day or Veteran's Day, if I can manage it, and gets slobbered over by the youngsters, but handled only by those in service before July 1974, or present day sandbox kids.
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Funny thing I call them kids also. My son and everyone of my sandbox kids(nephew's) received a 1911 from my collection upon there return. All were Army or Marines, all were Infantry. Three are now Law Enforcement one stayed in the Army and last January made 1SGT. The 1SGT did two Iraqi and two Afghanistan tours. Would have made another Afghanistan but had to have more surgery from wounds from the previous tour. They all saw heavy fighting. Of the LEO's one is now a SGT and one is a CPL. Military Service runs in our family back to WW1. I say that with pride, always ready to serve.