Luger Cache w/US GIs during WWII

AK2 G. · 05-04-2008, 09:10 PM

These posts are very interesting. I had a cousin who served in Italy during the war as a combat engineer. We were talking 20 or so years ago about German pistols and he told me about the time his company came upon a German supply depot that they found hidden in a cave. Amongst the stash was a crate of brand new Lugers, he estimated 2 or 3 dozen were in the crate. Because time was of the essence and the Germans were nearby, he and his buddies each took one then blew up the entrance to the cave with explosives. He sent his Luger back home and had it for several years until it was stolen in an apartment burgurlary sometime in the '50's.

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05-04-2008, 09:10 PM	#12
AK2 G. New User Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	These posts are very interesting. I had a cousin who served in Italy during the war as a combat engineer. We were talking 20 or so years ago about German pistols and he told me about the time his company came upon a German supply depot that they found hidden in a cave. Amongst the stash was a crate of brand new Lugers, he estimated 2 or 3 dozen were in the crate. Because time was of the essence and the Germans were nearby, he and his buddies each took one then blew up the entrance to the cave with explosives. He sent his Luger back home and had it for several years until it was stolen in an apartment burgurlary sometime in the '50's.