Luger Cache w/US GIs during WWII

railman44 · 06-22-2008, 10:37 AM

I'm retired now but my late ex-boss was a tank commander in Europe during the war. He and I more than once would sit up in a motel room late at night with a bottle of scotch talking about the war. Although he brought back a Luger he told me they [lugers] used to create some friction among his men. His solution to end the friction was to line the Lugers up and run over them with a Sherman (he never said, but I think this only happened once with him). I asked him what kind of Luger he brought back and got this deer in the headlight look. He looked at me a little frustrated and said "a Luger". I believe the vast majority of soldiers had no clue variations or different makers existed unless maybe they saw one with a long barrel and/or a shoulder stock...

06-22-2008, 10:37 AM	#33
railman44 User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Lincoln NE Posts: 26 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	I'm retired now but my late ex-boss was a tank commander in Europe during the war. He and I more than once would sit up in a motel room late at night with a bottle of scotch talking about the war. Although he brought back a Luger he told me they [lugers] used to create some friction among his men. His solution to end the friction was to line the Lugers up and run over them with a Sherman (he never said, but I think this only happened once with him). I asked him what kind of Luger he brought back and got this deer in the headlight look. He looked at me a little frustrated and said "a Luger". I believe the vast majority of soldiers had no clue variations or different makers existed unless maybe they saw one with a long barrel and/or a shoulder stock...