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painter777 Unissued WWI Colt 1911 on GB 12-09-2018, 06:08 PM
browningautorifle Isn't that sweet? Something... 12-09-2018, 06:37 PM
frankderrico Or from the John Holbrook... 12-10-2018, 09:23 PM
Mister Coffee Sounds like Gordon Bethune's... 12-10-2018, 10:07 PM
browningautorifle Every time I see something... 12-10-2018, 10:26 PM
rcathey I think the same thing. Saw... 12-10-2018, 10:48 PM
Mister Coffee Off-Topic: As noncombatants,... 12-14-2018, 12:10 PM
browningautorifle That's what I always thought... 12-14-2018, 05:39 PM
Mister Coffee Not to put too fine a point... 12-15-2018, 01:36 AM
browningautorifle Certainly... Our Dr.... 12-15-2018, 09:24 AM
painter777 Doctor Frank W Snow, Was a... 12-15-2018, 10:05 PM
painter777 Early Super Colt, Very... 12-12-2018, 04:25 PM
browningautorifle That top one is a nice... 12-12-2018, 04:35 PM
painter777 Jim, That Super was probably... 12-12-2018, 04:49 PM
browningautorifle Happy B-Day Charlie...you... 12-12-2018, 05:01 PM
CINDERS Happy B-Day Charlie.....you... 12-12-2018, 08:54 PM
Lee Enfield The Colt Forum had some... 12-13-2018, 05:57 PM
painter777 Jim, On the card, Where it... 12-15-2018, 02:46 PM
browningautorifle Base hospital 12...the way I... 12-15-2018, 07:38 PM
Herschel About 35 years ago I knew... 12-15-2018, 05:12 PM
CINDERS That one would have ben a... 12-16-2018, 12:56 AM
browningautorifle I have a problem keeping a... 12-16-2018, 10:37 AM
cplstevennorton I have Marine Corps orders... 12-23-2018, 10:39 PM
6167 In my opinion, something 100... 12-24-2018, 02:51 PM
browningautorifle Yes, a nice clean example is... 12-25-2018, 10:38 AM
painter777 Playing Games in Ole Kentucky 12-27-2018, 08:39 PM
browningautorifle Possible, I'd think a repeat... 12-28-2018, 09:39 AM
6167 Look at the feed ramp of the... 12-29-2018, 02:19 PM
AmEngRifles Is this the same gun, once... 03-31-2019, 04:50 PM
browningautorifle Because they make money on... 03-31-2019, 04:58 PM
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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    That's what I always thought too, our medics carried and were prepared to defend both patients and the Dr while he did his thing under fire as some did... As for how he managed to get it, if not issued, wouldn't have been THAT hard to procure. Someone here will have had a Dr relative and might know. Doubt any had a Dad in WW1 as mine and yours were WW2, Cosine26 perhaps would be old enough for his did to have been in WW1...maybe someone has a TO&E to show us...?
    Not to put too fine a point on it, but my understanding is that, if medical personnel were to have carried weapons, they would have been in violation of international accords regarding non-combatants. The idea was that they were not armed, so the enemy was not supposed to fire on them. So, it wasn't just a matter of them not being issued weapons. They would have some real sh*t to sort out if they were caught carrying arms.

    As for medics or corpsmen or what have you, I have no idea how it worked for them. But you said above that the man was a surgeon. A surgeon is not supposed to be any place where he would need a weapon, unlike a medic, who would be on the field of battle. You say your medics were armed, and I do not doubt you. Then again, there is only so much you can reasonably carry, so I wonder why a medic would want to carry weapons and ammo even if he could get hold of it. Maybe medics are considered fighting personnel (?).

    I want to underscore that I am not an expert. You probably know more about all this than I do.

    NOTE: I see you are Canadianicon. When you say "our medics," do you mean the Canadian Army?
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