Luger Cache w/US GIs during WWII

Aaron · 04-15-2007, 09:54 PM

This story isn't about a Luger, but it's interesting, nevertheless. In late 1944 I was a teenager, and one afternoon I was hanging around with a buddy at his house, when the mailman knocked on the door with a package about the size of a typewriter. It was from his brother who was serving in the European theater. When we opened it, it was a box which had contained a plaster statue, now broken into bits. In the middle of the mess was an object wrapped in cloth. We were really turned on to find it contained a really nice military Beretta pistol.

Another buddy of mine had a big brother who was a musician with the USO, and he frequently went overseas to entertain troops during the war. He always managed to buy or trade some GI for a souvenir pistol, and he always came home with a mint Luger rig, and my eyes continually popped at the sight of his loot.

04-15-2007, 09:54 PM	#11
Aaron Banned Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Vista, CA Posts: 1,008 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 9 Posts	This story isn't about a Luger, but it's interesting, nevertheless. In late 1944 I was a teenager, and one afternoon I was hanging around with a buddy at his house, when the mailman knocked on the door with a package about the size of a typewriter. It was from his brother who was serving in the European theater. When we opened it, it was a box which had contained a plaster statue, now broken into bits. In the middle of the mess was an object wrapped in cloth. We were really turned on to find it contained a really nice military Beretta pistol. Another buddy of mine had a big brother who was a musician with the USO, and he frequently went overseas to entertain troops during the war. He always managed to buy or trade some GI for a souvenir pistol, and he always came home with a mint Luger rig, and my eyes continually popped at the sight of his loot.