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Quote by: Osborn F Enready  Why did the US Military used to allow soldiers returning from WWII to keep their service arms? |
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That doesn't sound right, do you have a cite for that (hell, even a book, I could use another WW2 book)? Was that just Garands or BARs, Thompsons, and carbines? I know officers could opt to keep their sidearms, that's always been the case, but I think you're exaggerating a bit there.