Wow! My friend Lubbock Louie sent me a link to this thread, which I had previously overlooked, and have I ever enjoyed it! My Uncle Van fought at Bouganville and elsewhere in the Pacific, and was wounded at Bouganville. We lost Uncle Van a couple of years ago, and having read this, I deeply regret not having spent more time talking to him about his service during WW II.

Calmex and everyone else, thank you so very much for all the wonderful information about Real Men and their guns.