Luger was ultimate war trophy

Matt · 04-02-2001, 06:40 PM

Andy Rooney, writing in his new book "My War," says the Luger was the "ultimate war trophy. Rooney, famed "60 minutes" commentator was an Army reporter for "Stars and Stripes" during the War.

He wrote:

"When a GI captured a German officer it was even better than getting an enlisted man because the officer often carried something better than either a good watch or Carl Zeiss binoculars. He had a Luger, the finest pistol made. The Luger was an unusual design with an appearance unlike any other handgun because it had a sort of futuristic Buck Rogers look to it. A Luger was the ultimate war trophy for an American GI."

Rooney went on to write about a GI who took a Luger from a Wehrmacht captain. The GI, fearing his war trophy would be confiscated, disassembled it and mailed it in separate packages to his wife back home. His wife took the parts to a gunsmith who reassembled the Luger. The GI's wife then sent the Luger back to him in Germany!

It didn't say if the GI was finally able to bring home his war trophy. I guess he wasn't familiar with "capture papers."

04-02-2001, 06:40 PM	#1
Matt User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 196 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Luger was ultimate war trophy Andy Rooney, writing in his new book "My War," says the Luger was the "ultimate war trophy. Rooney, famed "60 minutes" commentator was an Army reporter for "Stars and Stripes" during the War. He wrote: "When a GI captured a German officer it was even better than getting an enlisted man because the officer often carried something better than either a good watch or Carl Zeiss binoculars. He had a Luger, the finest pistol made. The Luger was an unusual design with an appearance unlike any other handgun because it had a sort of futuristic Buck Rogers look to it. A Luger was the ultimate war trophy for an American GI." Rooney went on to write about a GI who took a Luger from a Wehrmacht captain. The GI, fearing his war trophy would be confiscated, disassembled it and mailed it in separate packages to his wife back home. His wife took the parts to a gunsmith who reassembled the Luger. The GI's wife then sent the Luger back to him in Germany! It didn't say if the GI was finally able to bring home his war trophy. I guess he wasn't familiar with "capture papers."