OT Luger on Guadacanal

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Currently reading a book on the 1st Marine Para on Gavutu. One of the enlisted men wrote an acount of having to surrender a sword and Luger he had just taken off a Jap officer he captured. He surrendered it to his superior along with the sword, reluctantly and with the promis from the officer he would receive both back after the interrigation of the Jap officer. He finishes the story stating he only got the sword back.