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I used the one my father sent home to chop down an apple tree.
Well, you aren't the only one did stuff like that.
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11-09-2014 10:47 PM
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I am guilty as well traded ? for a USMC Kbar as a kid. I think I chopped down a cherry tree or worse. I feel guilty now. Perhaps that and the vets Fathers /Grandfathers in my neighborhood showing us there
souvenirs is why I try to preserve what I can. I remember swords,flags,pistols rifles and even some of the stories. I feel very fortunate to have grown up where and when I did.
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Souveneirs
In the early Fifties there were Army/Navy stores everywhere, all sorts of surplus. I remember D-Day flotation devices for 75 cents, we all bought them for swimming. I bought an 81mm mortar shell and a training grenade for $1 each. The grenade was totally authentic, OD in color with yellow paint under the fuse (which had been fired). The body was empty of course and had a hole bored in the bottom.
Real men measure once and cut.
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That's why all WWII surplus stuff is so expensive. We all played with it when we were kids and ruined or lost it.
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Thank You to RudyN For This Useful Post:
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Wonder if they are setting a charge as is that fuse running around their leg area to perhaps entomb the enemy rather that do the Tunnels and run into a untimely demise, better caution and a bit of explosive than risk it I say.
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That's what it looked like to me also. Looks like det cord and if the sword was lying there without scabbard, I wouldn't want to blunder onto an exposed blade. Safest thing is just what they've done. Take it with you when you move back. Looks like the tang took a round also...
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