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Posted: 8/21/2003 12:14:11 PM EDT
| It was my understanding that nothing could be bought back from Iraq as far as captured gear. I also have heard that some units were searched before they left Iraqi for such items. But over the last few weeks I talked to two different guys who who were in different units who bought stuff back with no problems. They both were told "nothing that goes bang". Of course, neither is really into this stuff so all they picked up was a beret, bayonets and a few pieces of insignia. Does anyone have any more info. on what can and can't be bought back - I'm asumming it varies from unit to unit. Both bayonets were well used Romanian AK bayonets. |
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I have a friend who brought back some of those little tan Italian toe-poppers (with the explosive donut removed, of course) from Round I. He has a few of the little ones, about like a hockey puck, and a big antivehicle mine about like a dinner plate. cool conversation pieces on the mantel... |
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I was an Army EOD specialist from 68 to 71. My units area of responsibility included the Kansas City hub of the post office. You wouldnt believe what guys tried to send home from Viet Nam. We picked up live grenades, live rockets, a live claymore mine, and much other assorted live ordnance that the post office caught. It would be interesting to know how much they didnt catch. |
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so...you are saying this gold plated svd a buddy gave me is a no-no? jeeps home from europe in 50 boxes of parts...my uncle's 'sniper' rifle he smuggled home from the japanese campaign...the amnesty ak my bud brought home from nam...the luger my dad traded for in italy during ww2...all that and more are "the spoils of war". like ober said, regulations and tome in the brig doesn't stop the flow of contraband. once a soldier has stared death down for a few weeks or months or years, violating something as minor as a 'rule' becomes so trivial as to be next to meaningless. so...here's to the warriors and their souvenir hunting! they deserve a few tokens to remind them...and us...of what they went thru. |
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