Japanese Luger Story in AutoMag...

Johnny C. Kitchens · 03-06-2003, 09:27 PM

When I was quite young in the early sixties, my Uncle talked about Japanese Lugers. My Uncle was of just the right age, that after entering
the Army and going through training he arrived in Europe just as the war in Europe ended. After a few weeks there, he was ordered to the Pacific.
He had made it to the Phillipines, while there, another GI offered him a pair of Lugers for some cigarettes. He described them as having flowers
over the chambers. He wished he had taken them, but cigarettes were valuable. I've thought about the story many times over the year, and wondered. Now with controversy over them, it makes me wonder even more about the Japanese Luger...

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Johnny C. Kitchens User Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Arlington, Texas Posts: 518 Thanks: 0 Thanked 20 Times in 8 Posts	When I was quite young in the early sixties, my Uncle talked about Japanese Lugers. My Uncle was of just the right age, that after entering the Army and going through training he arrived in Europe just as the war in Europe ended. After a few weeks there, he was ordered to the Pacific. He had made it to the Phillipines, while there, another GI offered him a pair of Lugers for some cigarettes. He described them as having flowers over the chambers. He wished he had taken them, but cigarettes were valuable. I've thought about the story many times over the year, and wondered. Now with controversy over them, it makes me wonder even more about the Japanese Luger... __________________ Johnny C. Kitchens