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The 93-year-old veteran took the flag from the deceased Japanese soldier in 1944 on the island of Saipan and returned it to the family last week.

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In my experience at the range, the PPS-43C does cause a few heads to turn, mostly due to its bizarre look. Shooting it is a strange experience as well.

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An American flag flown during the invasion at Normandy on the USS LCI(L)-421 at Gold Beach in 1944 is up for grabs through Rock Island Auction Company.

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The Swedish Mauser and the 6.5x55 round have both survived for well over 100 years and their popularity has spread in the US by experience and word of mouth

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Rapid sight alignment when leading a flying target was a skill quickly taught to aerial gunners in World War II with the help of more than 70,000 training shotguns.

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I don’t usually read historical war stories, unless I need a sleeping aid.  Devil’s Guard by George Robert Elford did the opposite, keeping me up long past official lights-out to read what would happen next. The book was recommended to me by a veteran who knows a thing or two about war and foreign security […]

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Squarely putting the "military" in the Military Arms Channel, Tim takes an in-depth look at a WWII-era Nagoya Type 99 Arisaka sniper rifle chambered in 7.7x58mm.

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Removed from the mighty WWII battleship when she was being overhauled for use in Vietnam, just one of the kamikaze-busting anti-aircraft artillery mounts remain.

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Tim with the Military Arms Channel looks at one of the best military pistols of WWII, the 9mm Polish Vis 35.

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As part of a weapons amnesty in Denmark, police recovered a vintage stockpile of munitions including submachine guns and grenades.

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Along with the MP40, authorities in New South Wales found a magazine and 60 rounds of ammunition of varying calibers.

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Venus Ramey, the first red-headed Miss Ms. America when she was crowned in 1944, graced bombers as nose art, helped sell war bonds, and once stopped a group of scrap thieves with a snub-nosed .38.

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