3 Amazing WW2 Veteran Bring-Backs!

[@richhiway]

The knives are one handed so you can open it and cut your parachute straps,etc. The spike is used to remove knots.

[@BoydCooperLegend]

And so far I know you will get into trouble in several countries like the US, UK, and even Germany

[@copperhammer]

Yes, they were called "Paratrooper Knives - Fallschirm Jaeger Messer" carried on top of the straps of the emergency chute during the jump. These knives were still in use by the Bundeswehr after the war. I know they are illegal in Germany.

[@danoconnor3720]

My daddy brought back invasion maps of Normandy, the operational map for Market Garden and dozens more. He was an intelligence officer.

[@aidanhoward8659]

Loved the Alek Baldwin joke!! hahaha

[@tfgreene3]

I'm sure that knife would have been issued to Luftwaffe pilots, but i can tell you for sure it's an infantry paratrooper knife. In fact, the German army still issues a version of it to this day. It's designed to be opened with just one hand in case the paratrooper lands in a tree and can't move one arm because it's tangled up in his parachute lines. As someone else mentioned, the spike is to untangle your parachute cords (e.g., if you need to repack your chute for another use). Many American paratroopers carried switchblade knives for the same reason -- they can be opened with only one hand, in case your other hand is caught up in your parachute cords.

[@keithmoore5306]

yes it would have been Luftwaffe the paratroopers were luftwaffe not regular army!!

[@tfgreene3]

@@keithmoore5306 You really need to calm down - two exclamation marks for that response. What are you doin', sittin' at home waitin' to jump down someone's throat. Take a chill pill buddy.

[@tfgreene3]

@@keithmoore5306 Keith Moore (with his two, count 'em two, exclamation marks) is correct, the fallschirmjager were part of the luftwaffe during WW2. Post-war, they were reorganized to be part of the German army. See en.wikipedia.org/wiki/26th_Airborne_Brigade_(Bundeswehr). That's an interesting bit of trivia, but doesn't in any way alter my explanation of the KNIFE and its features.

[@shaneharrison4775]

Pick used for un knotting and clearing parachute lines and for rigging parachutes as well

[@fs357mag]

I'm 99.99% sure the last man's name was Carlton Earl Froess. He was a Kentuckian and went by "Bud". He died in 2001. He was a Sergeant and was wounded in the face by artillery shrapnel in June 1944 and returned to duty the same month.

[@gunslinger4203]

Thankful my daughter and family came to visit and we got to shoot several times at the range ! Thankful for your channel and honoring of our vets ! I was in the military in the 60s ! God Bless 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

[@ronmartin3755]

My comment is meant to be funny! Guns don't walk!! Hey love your channel and have subscribed a while back. Keep up the good work. My father brought back a 98 Mauser, P38, a Sauer 38H with the brown grips and a Luger. He was a P47 Pilot in WWII and flew ground attack raids over Germany in 1944 and early 1945. He was able to get a few days off and was allowed to take his plane to different parts of Germany's battlefields after the war in Europe ended. He found all of these bring backs in one day. I forgot what town or city he was in and he has been gone a long time now as I am 76 years old myself! I have all of these and my sons will inherit them when I am gone. They are all in really decent condition with the Sauer 38H being the in best condition of the others. The 98K is in the worst condition as it has quite a few marks all over the stock. The Luger is very pretty and the P38 is on nice condition.

[@beyondborders9159]

The pick on the gravity knife was to undo knots on parachutes. They were issued to paratroopers and pilots and mechanics

[@ruadhagainagaidheal9398]

Between last Thanksgiving and this Thanksgiving (though Thanksgiving is not a ‘thing’ here in the UK) We moved house from 5 hours drive away from our sons , daughters in law and grandchildren, to literally 5 minutes walk away - the next street in fact. We didn’t see any of them for over 18 months until we moved, due to lockdown, and now we spend time with them every day.

[@darcychu9652]

The folding leather sleeve on that Voigtlander camera was prevailing design then to keep the camera pocketable. The camera was using roll films with light-shielding paper along with the whole role of film. There are number of frames printed on the light-shielding paper based upon the aspect ratio of frame adopted by the camera, the sizes of frame were usually 6cm x 6 cm, 6 x 4.5 at that time, so the camera was called "6by6" or 645. The film was called "120 film" then by its spec., The 120 film was bought in a roll on spool instead of a cartridge. To install the film into the camera, you need an used/empty wooden film spool with slit on it to accept the insertion of arrow shape film/paper lead into the slit, then you close the back cover of your camera and start to wind the advancing knob counterclockwise to roll the film forward until the frame number "1" on light-shielding paper appeared on the little round peeping window on the back cover, then you can take your first shot and advance to frame number "2". There are 12 frames available on a single roll of film. You can remove the shot film on the spool with light-shielding paper covering it while sealed the "exposed" roll with the self-glue on the end of the light-shielding paper to keep the film lightproof, then send it to photo lab for developing films and printing photos. Voigtlander was a very good lens/camera maker then for its unigue and famous lens structure layouts. The prevailing foldable cameras was replaced by twin-lens reflex camera invented by Rollei due to the weakness of prone to puncture on the leather sleeve for lightproof. Voigtlander was bought by Japanese lens maker Cosina for its patented lens structure designs in 1980 during the demise of film cameras.

[@w.p8960]

The canteen fits into the cup which goes into the canteen holder. The mess kit is a totally separate 2 pieces which fit together with knife , fork and spoon inside.

[@haroldgodwinson832]

No, Legacy Collectibles, you're wrong about the chronology for the acceptance and manufacture of the P 38. The pistol isn't called the P 38 "because the patent went through in 1938", as you suggest. It is called a P 38 because that it the year the pistol was formally adopted by the German military, based on successful trials using prototype weapons. Similarly, the P 08 wasn't patented in 1908, it was formally adopted by the German military in that year. Furthermore, Luger production was always scheduled to continue through to 1942. Obviously, with a war either about to kick-off or being in progress, it was hardly the time to suddenly terminate Luger production; so P 38 production was always intended to ramp-up along side the completion of existing Luger production contracts. I hope this helps.

[@Real11BangBang]

What's changed since last Thanksgiving is the Gorgeous P08 Luger I got from you guys... That's what I'm thankful for lol

[@para1324]

Thank you for honoring the history, well done. 🇺🇸

[@garybarrere7552]

My dad served in the 79 infantry in WW2. This takes me back to memories of him.

[@davidbrill1237]

Happy Thanksgiving from locked down Vienna, Austria. Grateful for being able to view from afar how collecting can be in countries outside of the EU. As you know, it's just a bit more restrictive here !! Bests to all !!

[@jamesdiggs847]

The 45th division Thunderbirds was an Oklahoma National guard unit. Prior to the war they changed their unit insignia due to the original insignia being a native American good luck symbol, the Swastika.

[@verncommet1798]

Hi Tom love the vet bring backs. I received one from an Air Force surgeon I worked with that operated on the airborne that supposed got it at the eagles nest, it’s a ac 41 in the holster with a 44 carved in it I assumed it was when he captured it

[@h3rotor783]

Thank you for this. The commanding General for Sicily was Eisenhower. Patton and Montgomery were subordinate.

[@keithmoore5306]

no Howard Alexander ran Sicily Eisenhower was supreme commander in Europe over all European operations! basically if it was a company Ike would have been CEO and Alexander EVP in charge of med ops!!

[@bloodyconstraint920]

45th Infantry had to change their patch early in the war since it was in fact a yellow Swastika on a red diamond. One of the Ribbons is actually a medal ribbon representing the Purple Heart and the Blue one in gold frame is an Army Presidential Unit Citation, not a ribbon.

[@JerryEricsson]

I am a sort of old fart, I guess. While not old enough to have been there for WWII, surly old enough for the Korean war. Many of my memories of my youth however do deal with exploring my buddies attic's for old army bring back stuff from Dad or Grandfather, or in one case a son who left a foot locker of crap he brought back from France after WWII. Man I wish I had that locker today, it had several old Nazi knives as well as youth daggers and other pocket crap taken from German Prisoners gathered by our landlord's son who served at the end of the war. He even had a couple of rifles that I recognized as French and some old French revolvers as well as one French pistol. The locker was in my bedroom of the rooming house we lived in right after moving off the farm and into the town so my elder sisters could attend high school after dad sold the home place. Man those things were wonderful to look at, now, sadly the whole family is gone, but for a grandson who was my age. I don't know if the locker ever got sold as I have lost touch with the fellow. He was a very heavy short fellow who dressed in a red suite and rode on the fire engine every Santa Clause day for many years.

[@luisantolafrancis519]

Most likely a bullet hit that P38 ,you can see the verdigris ( copper oxide) of the jacket in the gard and trigger !! what a lucky shoot!!!

[@pappamike6231]

Good eye. I had to look a second time and you can see the copper on the trigger gaurd.

[@dougglaus9256]

The pick was used to untangle knots on fouled parachutes.

[@furnacefighter]

Another great video Tom. You can never show us too many P38’s, and your German is wunderbar, I mean marvelous or wonderful. One memory my Dad had was going to Europe troop ships traveled the North Atlantic Ocean because the seas were too rough to allow German U-Boats to effectively operate. Also made meal time difficult and interesting. He claimed he never came out with the same mess kit that he went in with.

[@mausercal65]

I worked with a man back in the 80’s who had been in a German prison camp during WW2 . When the camp was liberated he saw where one of the guards hid his pistol . He got it and brought it home with him . It was a 380 caliber Astra with the flap holster & magazine. Nazi markings & all . He needed ammo & was marked 9mm kurz . I knew what that meant and got him a box .

[@irgski]

They are the true heroes!

[@kellyphillips9770]

Tom, when making plans for your party, don’t forget that the p38forum will have their meeting there as well. Just didn’t want the two conflicting with one another. I am thankful for life. I was in the hospital all of August, and in rehab for all of September due to severe COVID. I prayed for extra time on this Earth and was given that gift. Still going through a little post COVID issues, but I’m pretty close now to full recovery.

[@browngreen933]

My WW2 veteran father said they ran tanks over piles of captured German weapons to render them inoperable. Another possible way the P38 got damaged.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Very nice. Love seeing these bring back items.

[@secretsquirrel726]

When my stepfather served with Patton, he disembarked in France in Normandy at the mullberry harbors. He went into the bathrooms there and the G.I.s and soldiers returning to England had left about a dozen pistols captured during combat hung up on the interior walls, because they could not take them on the boats going back. They were available to be taken away by anyone who needed them.

[@frankbutta9344]

Tom! This question just popped into my head. Do you carry, and if you do, is it a collectible firearm? Thanks so much for sharing these firearms. Your videos have always been great, but your sense of humor is really shining through lately. I’m glad to hear that didn’t have to eat outdoors this year. 🦃🦃🦃🦃

[@evanswinford7165]

My uncle was in action in Italy. His brother was killed at Pearl Harbor I found out after knowing him for many years. He was one of those guys that would deal, trade and barter for all kinds of things. He got ripped off in a a deal with once so later when he was recovering from a wound he removed all the tobacco from an entire carton of cigarettes and replace it with newspaper he shredded by hand and wrapped it all back up. He traded that to the bloke ho ripped him off previously. Guns were his favorite item of trade. He told us as teenagers he had filled his entire sea bag with guns after dumping most all of his issue kit. He returned home on a troop ship keeping his sea bags close by the entire trip. He went on about how awful that voyage was. He even claimed to have had a MP40 in his bag. He got rid of that somehow longe before myself and my brother were ever born. The only item that remained from his bring back collection was a Bernadelli .25 auto. It has a date of 1943 on the frame but was restruck with a 4 over the 3. No ideas why. He was not the type to stress about Army paperwork and the gun has none that I ever saw. It's a nice little gun in excellent condition.

[@This_is_my_real_name]

Looks like it might be a "low end" Bessa (the better/more expensive ones would have very nice Compur shutters and _really_ nice lenses). They use 120 film -- just like the Rolleiflex, Hasselblad, and numerous other top-notch cameras. It is still readily available, and is one of the more popular film formats. The camera looks like it's in excellent condition. BTW, in an earlier life I was a professional photographer, and, ran a camera repair shop. Ruined my eyes staring at minuscule parts on the workbench through a loupe at three in the morning. The big guy always got to work the 18 hour days seven days a week so that we could make payroll. Ah, memories...

[@johnblood3731]

thank you tom for all the history. glad to hear you still have your dad. time for a turkey sandwich.

[@828enigma6]

My Father was in the Pacific in WW2 attached to a headquarters unit.Never brought/sent anything back, could have if he wanted to. That or his first wife (not my Mother) promptly sold them to buy alcohol. I'm jealous of those who did.

[@annawhitis4251]

The spike part of the paratrooper knife, were used to untangle parachute lines !!! I had a mint large," take down model." Kevin Phoenix

[@uralbob1]

Wonderful stories and a terrific presentation! My brother in law was in the same outfit and is still alive!

[@BoydCooperLegend]

28,28 "Anti-aircraft badge" is a usually 'WHW-Abzeichen' ( = "Winterhilfswerk" ) einer Tagung der 'Flakabteilung Duisburg' vom 12.12.1937.

[@EmpressEris]

"I don't wanna pull an Alec Baldwin" You jerk I nearly choked on my food because I was laughing too hard ;p

[@michaelpielorz9283]

buying and trading guns ,watches,cars,the term youre looking for is "liberating" there is a nice explanation of liberating in Lindberghs war diary

[@robthebold4589]

20:55 It's a canteen cup.

[@michael_mouse]

... hi Tom, it sounds cheesy I know but finding a great channel like yours this year makes youtube a better place despite all their PC shenanigans... thanks for all your efforts in bringing us professional quality content... Happy new year to you and all you guys in the US of A!! 🤠👍

[@LegacyCollectibles]

We like Cheesy !!! Thanks so much and have a happy new year.

[@AdamosDad]

15:58 we had knifes in the Navy with a spike, it's called a marlin spike for working on ropes and lines. I'm not sure what the Luftwaffe would use it for except perhaps parachute work.

[@1982asd]

The Luger P08 was specifically sought after and was quite popular with American soldiers in collecting circles from German soldiers during the war. Plenty of weapons went from the Western Front to the United States, some of which went to organized criminal groups

[@fireguy_75]

Excellent historical video, thank you

[@Darious-_Milsurp_Mark]

Pick was to Pry open parachute cord tangles and put holes in charges for detonators. Good information in video

[@adrianotero7963]

The pick on the gravity knife was for untying knots on ropes and lines....

[@danbouchard6780]

Great Video Tom. BTW. The war in Europe ended in MAY, not April.

[@colnagocowboy]

Voigtlander is the 1st name in cameras they were the first company to commercially produce cameras. Gone and almost forgotten today

[@jensenwilliam5434]

Yea thank you!!!

[@graypatriot1299]

thank you

[@fs357mag]

I’m a little late, but Robert A. Hummel was wounded in March 1944 … a lower extremity (possibly the ankle region) by an artillery shell. He returned to duty the same month.

[@tileman108]

my son lived in Ardmore , loved Carlinos

[@frankatchison2519]

42 was a Mauser code also, I have a P08 stamped 41/42.

[@JohnW1711stock]

Thank you, Tom.

[@gnome_farmer]

I am thankful to be employed.

[@brucebehner4142]

Dont worry, real gun guys will never pull an Alec Baldwin. Great show on a model "everybody" knows, you taught me something.

[@828enigma6]

Do hope his family donates his papers and memorabilia to a local historical museum so his treasures and memory will be enjoyed by others for years yo come.

[@beaumontmichaels3575]

New phrase in handling handguns vernacular... "Pull an Alec Baldwin" 😆

[@davidclark7973]

Amazing history , many thanks,

[@saradolphin3242]

My favorite Bring Back memory Would be The Car I Made from Wreck's and was Fast and Loud and so was the Girl I First took for a Ride!

[@smilergrogan1452]

5:38 I'm still laughing, arrrgh!

[@MurryRothbeard]

Great episode.

[@kennardjohnson7875]

I know of us troops that used p38's in city fighting, brother in laws dad returned with several, and 9mm ammo was plentiful. The one I cleaned and test fired many years ago was heavily used and came from the SS. He made every landing but Italy he laid over night because it was a death trap. Came back with a pile of purple hearts, hit 7 times but made it to the eagles nest. There is a few waffen stamped 25 caliber browning I've seen. He dislike the 30ty carbine because he shot a German soldier and had to beat him to death with the stock. I've seen pictures of him and his buddy sitting in a jeep with a dead German officer in between them. But they made it from north Africa to d day.

[@petermonck5448]

Belated Happy Thanksgiving.

[@dieterrahm4044]

Hummel is the german word for bumblebee. So that soldier is a german-american. The name Hummel you can find very often in Bavaria.

[@Nattleby]

I have a Camp Hale publication that is identical to the camp Butner Book. Same style and publishing. My Great Uncle was in the 10th Mountain Division and trained there.

[@johnryder1713]

Thank God me and the family are safe from the disease and free from it

[@leonardjanda6181]

Happy thanksgiving 🍁🦃 perfect time for p 38 love it 😍

[@joshuagibson2520]

Much like good weed, good content sells itself. That being said, I'm sure I'll be a viewer / subscriber for a long time.

[@VR-ym8ys]

Hated the P1 during my time in the German military. I could have caused more damage throwing that thing than shooting it.

[@Nick_B_Bad]

Hotel party!?? Talking Axis Pistols count me in! I’ll be there on dealer setup day until Friday after the show!

[@Nick_B_Bad]

I’m a total sucker for any of the Waffenamt 251 & D20 French and Spanish pistols.

[@wdrankin400]

Spike is claimed to ba a parachute shroud pick.

[@mabbrey]

great stuff tom

[@gerrypowell2748]

Interesting video and history👌

[@nagjrcjasonbower]

So cool. Thanks!

[@7oakleaf]

What is a good source to purchase a original WW2 mottled brown grip for a PPK/s ?

[@lav25og83]

I saw you were in what, Paoli? I got a couple mint Mitchell Camo shelter halves that would look great on your display tables. I've had them in a footlocker since, 86 or so. I'm 19128, so easy drop off.

[@manni8385]

What is the difference between “bring back” and looting?

[@LegacyCollectibles]

Looting is stealing but bringing back war souvenirs is allowed under international law. When an enemy surrenders, they forfeit all of their military equipment. The new government is then under Marchall Law. Those in charge destroyed much of the equipment while some items were allowed to be taken home by GI with permission from their commanding officers. We have the "capture documents" that state the items were obtained legally and then legally taken back to the US. After the war was over, many of these "bring back" guns were purchased at the company PX. I have letters verifying those stories. It actually helped the local economy and gave jobs to German citizens. No army in history has defeated an army and then allowed them to keep their weapons.

[@joevangorder1006]

Regarding the white flower, and I'm not sure if it was just Hollywood embellishment or historically accurate but in band of brothers they talked about a white flower that only grew on a certain mountain top that was the mark of a true warrior/soldier. Would be interesting if this was the same flower given for protection in battle from his "foreign acquaintance" lol.

[@motor4027]

I have a late war holster and magazine for an astra. German proofs. How much could I get for it?

[@828enigma6]

Don't believe Rome fell. I think it was declared an open city to spare it's historical buildings, monuments and places from massive destruction

[@i.r.wayright1457]

I learned some German at a place I used to work. This was a sign by the cylinder boring machine; "Achtung! Das machinen ist nodt fer gefingerpokin und mittengrabbin. Ist easy breaking das springenwerks mit loudish poppen und spitzen sparken. Ist nix geworkin by dumbkopfs. Das rubbernekkin sightseerin goofoffers, kip hands in der pockets und vatcha the stuffa come oudt. ~Das Manichment~

[@codaalive5076]

White flower you show is edelweiss, they grow elsewhere but it seems Austria has special connection with it. It grows in our country which borders Austria. Knowing a thing or two about history and this flower, i will guess this soldier had a girlfriend or woman who liked him. At the time it was unusual a man would present it in this way to another man. This finding is more important than anything else if more information is found about who gave him flower... I like this story, good job at making video.

[@DeadlyBreath9790]

AMERICAN SYMPATHIZER!

[@thomaswhiteman4261]

Thank you

[@patrickseaman]

Isn't that for ropes?

[@kingerikthegreatest.ofall.7860]

Very interesting items.

[@richardkuhn9795]

Is there a way of mailing a box of de=activated ammo? First Boer War to the Bush war.

[@keithmoore5306]

deactivated ammo just mail it!! companies are shipping live ammo all the time to shooters everyday!!! live guns are an issue not demilled ammo!!!

[@lukiemchughy7696]

thankful my mare is pregnant

[@bigtrucklittlerv7969]

I have a Mauser HSc brought back 790,xxx commercial only proof. Any takers Legacy?

[@davidturner5764]

I'm still kicking!!!!!

[@iggy9955]

This camera make 2 same fotoraphs in one shoot My father is shooting with this camera 1952‐56 then is not films for this tipe of camera. Camera owner is I but I am give to my 14 years older brother Sory for bad english I am from Croatia(ex Yugoslavia,part of Yu)😄 I love guns a I been in war from Croatia independent and ocupation like wolunnter 4,5y) I love guns not for killing a love how funkcyon

[@Largo5441]

My ww2 choice Astra

[@williamstone4334]

Did he say the war ended in April? I believe it was May.

[@mcaste8495]

I don’t want to pull a Alec Baldwin😂I literally LOL😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@jbbradford9847]

If I was one of allies soldier I would try to pick up the most souvenirs as possible

[@keithmoore5306]

you forget you have to lug them around til you can send them home!!! most ground pounders were already carrying between 75 to 120 pounds of gear!!!

[@martinpojer5375]

Well we dont have thanks giving here

[@josephhauad8673]

You should of been in the stalag 17 movie with animal shapiro. ya volt.

[@mandycole21]

I'm a little lost on that letter and by doing the math he would have been paying them $2.30 a month because it said he was making $12 monthly and then they would take out a $1.50 and $12.80 monthly so either I'm bad at math or something just doesn't add up ....????? So anyone else catch that and can help me out with this??? Bc I'm completely lost LoL

[@robnewlee1787]

I noticed that too. Must be he cleared $12 after they took out for the laundry and insurance. Not sure though.

[@mandycole21]

@@robnewlee1787 ya I guess that would make the math work but the way it was wrote it just didn't seem like that...... but thanks for tryn to help out