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tom · 11-29-2001, 03:40 PM

My father was a combat infantry officer in the ETO during WWII. He told me many, many times that GIs loved both Lugers and P-38s, but if the situation looked bad they would promply dispose of P-38s as being captured with one was thought to be an immediate death sentence. Seems the GIs thought that P-38s were exclusive to SS units while Lugers were throughout the Army.

FWIW

11-29-2001, 03:40 PM	#10
tom User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 269 Thanks: 0 Thanked 4 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Germans using M1911's? My father was a combat infantry officer in the ETO during WWII. He told me many, many times that GIs loved both Lugers and P-38s, but if the situation looked bad they would promply dispose of P-38s as being captured with one was thought to be an immediate death sentence. Seems the GIs thought that P-38s were exclusive to SS units while Lugers were throughout the Army. FWIW