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    I picked one up about this time a year ago....

    I picked one up about this time a year ago. Libertytreecollectors.com has stocks and some parts. Numrich gun parts also known as e-guns has parts. I got an original sling swivel and front band...
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    A few years ago there was this guy in or near...

    A few years ago there was this guy in or near Petersburg, Virginia that collected civil war era shells he would make the exploding shells safe by drilling into them and draining out the powder and...
  3. When I was in Antarctica in 76' staying in a...

    When I was in Antarctica in 76' staying in a little A-frame hut in Taylor Valley next to Lake Bonney about 70 miles from McMurdo Station they had stuffed old Korean War era c-ration boxes under the...
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    So many of these passed threw China and companies...

    So many of these passed threw China and companies like the former Federal Ordinance in California picked up large piles of surplus Chinese broomhandles in the 70s. Some were no better than scrap....
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    Apologies to all officers

    Change help to helo darn auto correct.

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    Where did my post go, why does it not reopen when I try to correct a...
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    This drawer set is for drafted plan sheets and...

    This drawer set is for drafted plan sheets and probably held old blue-prints at one time. They are probably pre-1950 but can't say for sure. Engineers, public works probably replaced them with newer...
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    15-086 Garand Picture of the Day

    We'll my uncle was pretty sure about my Dad winning the lion in a poker game. In The Spearhead THE WORLD WAR II HISTORY OF THE 5th Marine Division by Howard M. Conner, Infantry Journal Press, 1950 it...
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    Thinking back and reviewing the old photos it...

    Thinking back and reviewing the old photos it seems the only ones left from the war period are those mailed to my Mom and the ones at Quantico. He was assigned to the fire department and learning...
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    My uncle told me the entire fleet new about the...

    My uncle told me the entire fleet new about the lion but the guys on my Dad's ship were not too happy about having such a large cub in the tight confines. They were eager to unload it at the zoo in...
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    My Dad PSgt Tommy Thompson was one of 2 platoon...

    My Dad PSgt Tommy Thompson was one of 2 platoon sargents in the 5th Amphibious Tractor Battalion. He was either in the 3rd or 4th waive close to Mt. Suribachi. He died during the 20th anniversary of...
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