“Hell In My Hands”: Battle of Bastogne Pistol

[nipprdog]

https://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2015/12/28/hell-in-my-hands-battle-of-bastogne-pistol/

 

[nipprdog]

https://www.guns.com/news/2015/12/2...1-is-relic-from-battle-of-the-bulge-13-photos

another version

 

[DangerousDave]

Interesting article. Thanks for sharing. The pictures tell the story. You always hear, ''If only this gun could talk." This one here definitely "talks" and what a story it has to tell.

 

[ol' poke]

Seen this story before, and it always gets me to thinking.

Thanks to ALL who served. (and are now serving!)

 

[rob63]

Amazing.

 

[55fairlane]

Absolutely amazing!

 

[Jt22453]

I have a medical kit with a couple bullet holes in it from WW2 with part of slug still inside. Grandpa was stationed in Philippines so I would assume that is where it came from. Never got to talk to him. Definitely a fantastic piece of history even with the terrible circumstances surrounding it. Love seeing this kind of stuff and glad whomever let it be shared. Big Thank You to all who have served,including both my grandpas in WW2.

 

[indiucky]

I had a Japanese Nambu and holster in here one time that had a perfect .45 hole through the leather flap right on the edge along with an empty 1942 dated US issue .45 brass in the holster's ammo pouch...

It was cool...

 

[ghuns]

My grandpa was there in the winter 1944. Got a Purple Heart and Bronze Star.

He had all kinds of hilarious stories about his time in Europe during WWII, but none of them were about his time in the Ardennes Forest.