Captured from a German Officer

The referenced phrase regarding Lugers is familiar. I've been doing a little thinking,(doesn't happen often) maybe the GI really thought he did get the gun from one. The experience of a 22 yr old in the military in 1942-45 was that only "officers" carried pistols. They did not have our perspective of the Wehrmacht nor in their 8-12 weeks of training prior to being shipped out would they most likely have any contact with officers. Remember the "a sergeant was God" mentality, officers were not even to be considered approachable in most cases. So who carried pistols? Officers. Doubtful if they could speak German to determine rank. If officers carried pistols then a pistol picked up anywhere had to have come from an officer.


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