USMCbrat
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I'll start. I have posted this pic before but here is my Dad's USAF duty M36.
How about a Veteran’s Guns Memorial Day Thread…….
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tac803
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I'm not sure who owned or used this. The gun is a veteran in it's own right, made at the height of WWII. It has a story to tell that we will never know. It may have flown over Germany, or provided comfort to a GI huddled in the woods near Bastogne. It may have been through the jungles of the Pacific, and it's harsh bark may have been the last sound heard by someone trying to destroy America.
If it could tell it's story, it would be one of quiet and necessary resolve. Not eager to act, but pressed into service to do what needed to be done. I wish I could take a moment to talk to the Soldier, Sailor, Airman, or Marine that carried this tool. I would simply say "Thanks."
bmcgilvray
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Posted these two before but here's my dad on his ship at Pearl Harbor in summer of 1945.
Again, 63 years later with the same Carbine.
Again, 63 years later with the same Carbine.
HAWKEYE10
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tell your father i said thanks for his service and shake his hand for me.
don
I've posted this one before, but it's one of my favorite guns.
Model 15-2 U.S. Air Force contract, shipped June, 1964:
Model 15-2 U.S. Air Force contract, shipped June, 1964:
GF
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s&wchad ya' just can't post those without some info!?!
As the man said in Dirty Harry - "I gotsta' know!"
As the man said in Dirty Harry - "I gotsta' know!"
Need more pics!!
kwill1911
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Great idea! Here are a few vets:
Regards,
Kevin Williams
Regards,
Kevin Williams
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I wish I had pics, but I don't. My dad served the entire pacific war in an infantry company carrying a BAR. He really like that gun. The one they hated was the Thompson submachine gun..... which he said was so inaccurate it couldn't hit anything, and ate so much ammo it took a full squad to haul the ammo to feed it.
He said that the Thompsons always got "lost" in battle..... which is to say, they traded them to the locals for pigs. The rate of exchange was one pig for one thompson.
He said that the Thompsons always got "lost" in battle..... which is to say, they traded them to the locals for pigs. The rate of exchange was one pig for one thompson.
Here are 2 from 1942.
The holster is from Sears, 1942 marked.
The pistol was made in Norway, also 1942 marked.
The pistol spent some time in Asia.
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Great, Kevin.Originally posted by kwill1911:
Great idea! Here are a few vets:
Regards,
Kevin Williams
You guys need to look close at the center gun....
Hello group and Lee, great pictures and tribute. kwill1911 that is a fine line-up you have shared with us. With regards to Lee's suggestion, the top strap(middle gun) looks very similar to the Mod. 28, what is it? Please. I would be interested to know what model each pictured gun represents. Thanks to all who posted photos for sharing.
depicts
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This M16 and 1911 Colt were my constant companions on my trips around Vietnam taking pictures for Army publications.
Cooter Brown
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Haven't been around for a while--I've posted this before. The Nambu was brought back by my father from the Phillipines. The Randall was given to me by a neighbor whose husband carried it when he was with the Army Air Corps in China and Burma.
Cocked & Locked
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My father-in-law's (now deceased)...all US Navy issued.
Victory model S&W, Robinson Shur-Edge knife (with wooden pommel), flight jacket, holster, glasses, and hat.
Victory model S&W, Robinson Shur-Edge knife (with wooden pommel), flight jacket, holster, glasses, and hat.
