WWI assigned names with weapons
IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE THAT KNOWS HOW I CAN RECEIVE INFORMATION ON WHO WAS ISSUED A CERTAIN WEAPON AND KEPT IT AS PERSONEL PROPERTY? THANKS
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I doubt there's any list in existence of people who helped themselves to government property! 0 -
At some point after WWI, field grade officers were permitted to buy their pistols when they left the service. But, no one who served in the US military during WWI or later was ever permitted to take home his assigned weapon. I'm not saying it never happened, but, if it did, it was illegal & any serviceman caught attempting it risked imprisonment at the time.
There is no record of who was issued a specific weapon at any time. And, any weapon issued prior to the Viet Nam War can be safely possessed without fear of consequences (other than full auto weapons & destructive devices).
Neal
"The FBI investigates the theft of government property." --- Neal's DI0 -
While I am confident that some military personnel stole their weapons and brought them home from military service I think many service members bought guns like they had carried in the service and family members later assumed that was what Dad carried in the war. My sister brought a rifle to me that her friends great grandfather "carried in the Civil War". It was an 1873 Trap Door Springfield. It was dated 1878, 13 years after the civil war had ended. I am certain there are many similar stories. 0 -
THE WEAPON THAT I HAVE IS FROM A LT. COL. AND SOME WAY OR ANOTHER HE WAS ABLE TO RETAIN HIS PERSONAL SIDEARM. HE MADE A BID FOR GOV THREE TIMES BUT TO NO AVAIL. HIS FATHER AT ONE TIME WAS GOV. OF S.C. LATER HE BECAME A WARDEN OF THE S.C. STATE PENN. AND LATER DURING WWII HE WAS RECOMISSIONED AND WAS IN CHARGE OF APPROX. 8,000 POW'S AT FT. JACKSON S.C. 0 -
The Army does not keep detailed records of small arms issue. There are a rare few that are documented here and there but are a tiny minority.
But you already know who bought or pilfered it.
His service record is probably available from the National Archives.0 -
"THE TOP STORY TONIGHT....." 0 -
Part of the problem, if such a record existed, is a fire destroyed many of the service records from before WW2. If such a record existed it likely did not survive.
LT. COL.'s were not above taking things any more then any other service member. I bet sometimes things were given with out any paper work at all.
BY THE WAY ALL CAPS IS CONSIDERED RUDE AND YELLING ON THE NET.0 -
Probley the only record is when a General is given his sidearm,at least it used to be a special order and presented to him or her. 0 -
When the U.S. was about to enter WW1, an inventory was made of all arms. Only half of the M1911's that had been procured up to that date, could be accounted for. This amounted to thousands and thousands of pistols that had 'walked'.
There were huge amounts of small arms that were sold, dumped, or given away after WW2. I've never heard of the Federal Government taking an interest in any surplus weapon that is not an NFA gun, that is civilian possession, because millions of them are, and have no 'paper history' behind them.
When I was overseas, some guys from 1SFG took a new-condition 1903A3 from a VC (God only knows where he got that). They gave it to me, but I thought I wouldn't be allowed to keep it. But the 1st Shirt said, "Hell, keep it. It's been off the books for 20 years".0 -
During basic training at Ft. Leonard Wood, MO in 1964 we were issued M14s at the armory and records were made of serial numbers matched to individuals (no doubt these records were only temporary). The rifles were kept in a rack in each barracks and were to be removed only for assigned training or cleaning. At the end of basic training one M14 actually came up missing, never heard of it being recovered. 0
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