Some collectors have those items that have been passed down from family member to family member. It might be a helmet, a uniform or in this case a firearm.
This is a Japanese Type 14 Nambu that was manufactured in July 1944. It was captured by my Great Uncle Bus, who was a B17 gunner in Africa and Europe. Was wounded and transferred to the Pacific. He "acquired" the pistol while cleaning out a Japanese island garrison.
When he got back from the war he gave my grandfather who was 16 at the time a Luftwaffe Sport Eagle, and this pistol. I got the Sport Eagle when I was younger that opened me into WWII collecting and I just received this pistol this past weekend (and it also all matching with a mismatched mag). I hope you enjoy!
This is a Japanese Type 14 Nambu that was manufactured in July 1944. It was captured by my Great Uncle Bus, who was a B17 gunner in Africa and Europe. Was wounded and transferred to the Pacific. He "acquired" the pistol while cleaning out a Japanese island garrison.
When he got back from the war he gave my grandfather who was 16 at the time a Luftwaffe Sport Eagle, and this pistol. I got the Sport Eagle when I was younger that opened me into WWII collecting and I just received this pistol this past weekend (and it also all matching with a mismatched mag). I hope you enjoy!
There are excerpts from the book that are funny and not so funny. She saw a american soldier shoot a man who kicked the american. The american kicked him back and then shot him. When they pulled back his overcoat he was a SS man. She worked in a plant and one day took off and played hooky from work. The american planes bombed the plant and killed everyone there. Her mom harbored a young jewish boy left for dead along a death march in their home under floor boards. She also was tricked by an american solider when she came to the USA with my Dad who was born there. She found a dime on the deck and the american soldier asked if she wanted to trade for a bigger one. She smiled and said yes. He gave her a nickle 
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