Glad to hear that you got your HP back!
I also carried a Browning, both while flying door gunner and later on the ground.
3 differences -
A. I took mine with me, along with a box of Super Vel hollow points.
B. My pistol is a 50s vintage military contract pistol.
C. I declared it as a war trophy and brought it home.
I carried my HP in a Canadianweb holster which I also took with me.
In addition to my flight time I have 3 jumps in RVN carrying that rig.
Here is my HP along with a ruskie Makerov I brought back and a Tokerev I picked up after I returned.
Have trophy papers on all 3. I also have a bill of sale from a gun shop just outside the main gate of Ft Lewis, Wash for the HP.
Sarge
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