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Old 02-02-2019, 01:03 PM   #42
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Originally Posted by Apache View Post
Next time you watch Sergeant York (1941 Howard Hawk movie starring Gary Cooper) watch the scene he empties his rifle and does not have time to reload.He pulls out his pistol and kills the German Soldiers charging him. The pistol in Gary Coopers hand is a German Luger P-08. Alvin York carried a Colt M1911 during WWI. Also Gary Cooper is shooting a Springfield 1903 during battle. Alvin York was actually issued a US version of the British Lee Enfield rifle.
Apache
I watched Sargent York a couple of months ago. I noticed the Luger rather than the 1911. I figured that maybe he had picked one up from a prisoner. In general, I thought that non officers generally didn't carry hand guns.
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