I had a buddy, now passed on, who was in heavy combat in Manila 1944-45. He told me he saw piles of Japaneseicon equipment and US equipment being sorted by US Ordnance folks. The Japanese stuff was destroyed and the US stuff was retained. He said all of it had been heavily used by Japanese troops and was in very poor shape. He said the Japanese had many M1903's and M1917 rifles that had been captured by US troops. He said anyone could pick up whatever they wanted and it was OK. He said the US stuff was in terrible shape. He did give me a US bayonet from that pile and I still have it. I have heard the US stuff was given to the Philippine Army to help start them off in 1946, don't know if that is true.
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