Hello Gerben,
I assumed all pistols he was taking about would be brass side-plated...so I did not specifically ask him to confirm that point (fault on my part, I guess...).
Hello George,
I was trying to use the words this fellow told me in his story. Not being a WWII history buff, I would not know if Allied troops fought along side USA soldiers or not...but he did use the word "allies" and not merely "GI's"...so maybe there were some Brits and Australians along side our troops...(just a WAG..)...
I did tell him about my father's service in the Dutch-Indonesian army and how they got their butts kicked by the Japanese and how some of the lugers probably fell into Japanese hands and re-armament. I was surprised to learn that so many ended up on this island, later, to be confiscated by the US troops. If 200-300 were found, how many were with the Japanese on this one island...?
Regards,
Pete... <img border="0" alt="[typing]" title="" src="graemlins/yltype.gif" />