Bothe my grandfathers went to France in 1917.
My dad was 506th PIR in WW2. Uncles in Marines and Seabees as well.
I did 2 combat tours in RVN.
I do not recall them mentioning souveniers as a big issue.
I collected WW2 stuff as a kid-there was tons of it still in hands of the vets.
From about 1960-1965.
One thing I noted was that the biggest hordes of stuff came from REMFS.
Mostly guys who came along later and picked through piles of stuff.
The combat guys sometimes had a pistol or two, but in general they had had all they wanted of it.
My own experience in RVN somewhat confirmed that.
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