Footlocker bringback!

[Paul V]

Well just went to see my buddy and he has uncovered, over
75 pieces of Japanese bomb fuses,grenades,shells mortar shells, etc in shipping crate from WW2.

Vet bringback as he was in occ. force mainland Japan!

I have always loved the shipping crates with writing!

They were found alot in the 1960's but not anymore!

The complete aviators bomb fuses are really tough to find for collectors to complete displays!javascript:void(0)

Zero's kates,Judys, carried these propeler fuse, type 91 grenade is early one that could be thrown or assisted by mortar!

Now many fine folks have helped me with writings on helmet and sunhelmet so thought I should share this!


My friend only kept about 10 nice items and sold the rest to a local friend!

He did keep the foot locker! I hear fella still has a shelve full of stuff!

In ordanance!

3 Nambus and holsters and some misc were with locker but long gone before my friend got it!


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Another collector got the footlocker yrs ago and sold it to my buddy
for 200.00.

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Well this is a idea of some stuff!

Just think of the footlockers shipped home and others still sitting in basements!

PVON

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When I was a boy,my neighbors father had won a Silver Star
and brought home much Japanese relics!

Everything was in childs wagon in garage and we played war!

2 Japanese pith helmets and grenade belt etc!

And of course all the smalls,flags,insignia etc!

I remember those days 50 yrs ago!

Back when the stuff was everywhere!

Thought I would relate back to those times!


The sun helmets were the kind with sewen stars on front and made of straw inside! You could feel it and smell the jungle!

Funny how you can remember details!

[Paul V]

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now the helmet and pith did not come in this locker but this is what
used to be found!

[Rod G]

Amazing! Thanks for sharing Paul. I wonder if these items were related to whatever the GI was occupied doing on his tour of duty, there's a really interesting range of ordinance here.

Love to hear about the memories too.

Regards, Rod

[qed4]

I don't think the ordnance was shipped home in that box. If you look at the return address the APO is through New York, stuff from the Pacific came through San Francisco. Also the person that sent it is a woman, WAC Det. (Woman's Army Corps) and ASN prefix is for a woman.

[muddinman04]

I agree that the box most likely came out of the ETO. However, not because of it being sent back to New York.
I have a box with two Japanese bayonets in it that came out of the CIB theater of operations. It was shipped back to New York.
The APO on the OP's box was located in Germany. If it was a CIB theater bringback it would be from an APO in the CIB theater.

[Paul V]

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Thanks for looking!

You may be right in this was used to store but not ship!

Important thing is it was full of good stuff!

Now my friend has many boxes or crates with stuff still in it such as swords
and all kinds of things! They used bamboo and I will take a few pics of the stuff and post!

Thanks

PaulV

[digger doug]

FWIW, this APO was assigned to the army post office located in the city of Berlin at the end of the war. Berlin is also where this WAC Detachment was stationed in the early post-war period.