Sharing & Questions - Family Luger

JohnFalc · 12-20-2008, 11:04 AM

Re the question of my grandfather and the 91st.

He was in the 91st in WWI - was inducted out of ROTC and started training at Ft. Lewis in Washington. He wrote extensively of his wartime and training experiences (he was a lawyer) and I have all those hundreds of pages of details.

So ... he was NOT in the 91st in 1968. I am the one who was - just coincidentally I took a joint USA + CalNG commission at Ft. Sill (USA artillery school) after being trained first as a forward observer for artillery. I enlisted on Dec. 7, 1965 - got out after six years of mostly inactive duty. My unit was an artillery battalion using the motorized 175mm gun (yes, gun, not howitzer - we had HIGH muzzle velocity). So that's that.

Sieger · 12-20-2008, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnFalc

Re the question of my grandfather and the 91st.

He was in the 91st in WWI - was inducted out of ROTC and started training at Ft. Lewis in Washington. He wrote extensively of his wartime and training experiences (he was a lawyer) and I have all those hundreds of pages of details.

Hi:

I'm sorry, but the value of your Luger Rig has just gone up again!!

What you have just told us is priceless!; a battlefield Luger with an accompanying full history of the U.S. Officer that captured it!! What you have is of great Historical signifigance, so treat it accordingly!!

In my opinion, you have just doubled the collector value of this fine Luger Rig!

Sieger

JohnFalc · 12-21-2008, 04:09 AM

Fun to think of the value but, being a family piece I really would never sell it and see my care of it as just a responsibility of trust and to keep it for passing along (probably to my son). I never thought of tying my grandfather's extensive diaries from WWI to the Luger - they really stand as treasures on their own.

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12-20-2008, 11:04 AM	#1
JohnFalc User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California Countryside Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re the question of my grandfather and the 91st. He was in the 91st in WWI - was inducted out of ROTC and started training at Ft. Lewis in Washington. He wrote extensively of his wartime and training experiences (he was a lawyer) and I have all those hundreds of pages of details. So ... he was NOT in the 91st in 1968. I am the one who was - just coincidentally I took a joint USA + CalNG commission at Ft. Sill (USA artillery school) after being trained first as a forward observer for artillery. I enlisted on Dec. 7, 1965 - got out after six years of mostly inactive duty. My unit was an artillery battalion using the motorized 175mm gun (yes, gun, not howitzer - we had HIGH muzzle velocity). So that's that.

12-21-2008, 04:09 AM	#3
JohnFalc User Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: California Countryside Posts: 8 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Fun to think of the value but, being a family piece I really would never sell it and see my care of it as just a responsibility of trust and to keep it for passing along (probably to my son). I never thought of tying my grandfather's extensive diaries from WWI to the Luger - they really stand as treasures on their own.