straightShot
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My dad was in New Guinea, the Philippines, Oro Boro, Jolo, etc., with the 41st ID. He got drafted before the war and didn't get out until the end. As a combat engineer, he was issued a carbine and ditched it for a Thompson since the Thompson had "knock down power in the jungle." He sent two Arisakas home. One went to his kid brother and the other, along with its bayonet, I now have. I wish that it would have been a Thompson!