Luger Cache w/US GIs during WWII

Minnepiper · 04-23-2007, 01:45 AM

interesting stories! I once worked with a vet who also said soldiers were discarding unauthorised pistols before leave the docks in NYC.

My gramps was in the ETO too. he brought home a Star B (which I have) and a Luger. He gave the luger to his dad, but they were not impressed by it. i guess it would misfire and shoot 2 or 3 rounds like on auto, so it was given away. he muttered something about crappy wartime production, or at least that was his opinion.

my step dad's bro brought home a PPK from N. Africa, and it is a nice little gun too.

by buddy's dad was a marine and was in all the major Pacific battles. he had a jap rifle w/bayonet that i remember being very heavy and taller than we were. the most interesting thing though was a cardboard box of pictures he took during the war. some funny and lots of gory ones we didn't see in the history books. he said he had 2 canteens, can kept the camera hidden in one of them. amazing he made it back in one piece really.

04-23-2007, 01:45 AM	#11
Minnepiper User Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brooklyn Park MN Posts: 21 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	interesting stories! I once worked with a vet who also said soldiers were discarding unauthorised pistols before leave the docks in NYC. My gramps was in the ETO too. he brought home a Star B (which I have) and a Luger. He gave the luger to his dad, but they were not impressed by it. i guess it would misfire and shoot 2 or 3 rounds like on auto, so it was given away. he muttered something about crappy wartime production, or at least that was his opinion. my step dad's bro brought home a PPK from N. Africa, and it is a nice little gun too. by buddy's dad was a marine and was in all the major Pacific battles. he had a jap rifle w/bayonet that i remember being very heavy and taller than we were. the most interesting thing though was a cardboard box of pictures he took during the war. some funny and lots of gory ones we didn't see in the history books. he said he had 2 canteens, can kept the camera hidden in one of them. amazing he made it back in one piece really.