robinb Posted January 29, 2015 Share #1 Posted January 29, 2015 Brought home by a member of Golf Co, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. The DD603 date is 15 July 1970. The rifle is a French CR-39 folding stock paratroop rifle that has had the folding stock replaced with a fixed wood stock. Link to post Share on other sites
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agate hunter Posted January 29, 2015 Share #3 Posted January 29, 2015 Nice rifle! Looking for: Washington and Oregon Coast Artillery items Any items related to the Harbor Defenses of the Columbia River and the Harbor Defenses of Puget Sound, 1860s-WWII. This includes items from Fort Stevens, OR; Ft Canby, WA; Ft Columbia, WA; Ft Worden, WA; Ft Casey, WA; Ft Flagler, WA; Ft Ward, WA; Ft Whitman, WA; Camp Hayden, WA; and the following units that served at these forts:Columbia River: 33rd, 34th, 93rd, and 160th Companies, CAC; and 18th and 249th Coast Artillery regimentsPuget Sound: 26th, 30th, 62nd, 63rd, 71st, 85th, 92nd, 94th, 106th, 108th, 126th, 149th, and 150th Companies, CAC; and 14th and 248th Coast Artillery regiments Coast Defense Study Group member & site representative for the Columbia River fortsASMIC member Link to post Share on other sites
riflegreen297 Posted January 29, 2015 Share #4 Posted January 29, 2015 That is uber cool. I love bring back firearms. Makes it even more interesting being a para convert. Link to post Share on other sites
Bryant U. Posted January 29, 2015 Share #5 Posted January 29, 2015 That's great! Thanks for posting. Link to post Share on other sites
badash5946 Posted January 29, 2015 Share #6 Posted January 29, 2015 That's a nice rifle that definitely shows a lot of hard use! It's a not unusual "jungle" repair of the CR39. that I've always found interesting.. Having the doc makes it extra nice as I've had a couple but none with docs. Collector of Vietnam and Korean War Sniper Weapons Link to post Share on other sites
268th C.A. Posted January 29, 2015 Share #7 Posted January 29, 2015 With the paperwork its a very desirable rifle! Nice piece of history.... Pvt. James H. Honey 1st Md. Eastern shore Vol. Inf. Co. D (union) Gettysburg Pvt. George Eddie Lear 26th Inf. Co.H 1st Div .(WW1) P.H. WIA Cpl. Richard Elsea 268th C.A. Bn. Battery A. WW2 SSgt. Grant Elsea 314th Inf. Hq.Co. I.R.79thDiv. WW2 Cpl. Harry Lawrence Butler Jr 23rd Regt. WIA Korea Lt. George Olin Tilghman 111th MG. 29th Div. WW1 DIS France 1919 Link to post Share on other sites
bobgee Posted January 29, 2015 Share #8 Posted January 29, 2015 Ah!........it smells of Dien bien phu! Nice piece. Congrats.......Bobgee **PLEASE NOTE: THIS COMMUNITY MEMBER HAS SADLY PASSED AWAY** https://www.usmilitariaforum.com/forums/index.php?/topic/343375-remembering-bobgee/ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/211496624/robert-brendan-gill Link to post Share on other sites
RichiesRelics Posted January 30, 2015 Share #9 Posted January 30, 2015 Neat rifle! Goes to show that they used just about anything that they could got their hands on. Thanks for sharing. Link to post Share on other sites
blinky Posted January 30, 2015 Share #10 Posted January 30, 2015 That's a great bring back! This is a (bad) picture of mine. Capture papers still taped to the stock. Yours is head and shoulders neater than mine with the handmade stock. If only it could talk..... Link to post Share on other sites
badash5946 Posted January 31, 2015 Share #11 Posted January 31, 2015 Blinky, that is an awesome 39 - love it! Can you share the year and unit that captured it? Collector of Vietnam and Korean War Sniper Weapons Link to post Share on other sites
jgawne Posted January 31, 2015 Share #12 Posted January 31, 2015 Very mice. I have a nam bring back that sadly had no paperwork, but is a rusted to hell and refinished German WW2 98K. The sad thing is that as there is no paperwork, its lost any provenance as the guy I got it from got it from did not document it, and so it is only an oral tradition that's where it came. Link to post Share on other sites
blinky Posted January 31, 2015 Share #13 Posted January 31, 2015 Interestingly enough mine was brought back by and AF Sgt. with the 621st Tactical Control Squadron based at Udorn, Thailand, from 1969 to August 1970. The paperwork is dated August 20, 1970, just before he returned to the US. How he got his hands on it I have no idea. Link to post Share on other sites
badash5946 Posted February 1, 2015 Share #14 Posted February 1, 2015 Wow, thanks! Interesting. I was scheduled to go to the 620 Tac Control Sq at DaNang - Monkey Mountain, but got canceled at the last minute. Collector of Vietnam and Korean War Sniper Weapons Link to post Share on other sites
Skip Pickett Posted February 2, 2015 Share #15 Posted February 2, 2015 Great example. Something you don't see much. Skip Live each day like it's Memorial Day Link to post Share on other sites
MT247 Posted February 14, 2015 Share #16 Posted February 14, 2015 I love those bring backs with original paperwork to boot. You can start to piece together the history of the guns. Thanks for posting. -Kyle- Link to post Share on other sites
509PIB Posted February 16, 2015 Share #17 Posted February 16, 2015 Great rifles both of them Link to post Share on other sites
katieony Posted February 16, 2015 Share #18 Posted February 16, 2015 Very interesting bring-backs! Thanks for posting! Mike Link to post Share on other sites
V42 Posted June 27, 2015 Share #19 Posted June 27, 2015 Just shows you what the VC can do. They used everything we throw away or don't use. Nice bring back with the capture paper. Link to post Share on other sites
JMcCulloch Posted June 28, 2015 Share #20 Posted June 28, 2015 awesome! I'd love to own that. Link to post Share on other sites
SFMike Posted July 13, 2015 Share #21 Posted July 13, 2015 In a lot of ways it is very typical of actual VC stuff. They were guerillas and used whatever they could get their hands on or even crudely manufacture. We would find lots of this stuff in caches as time went on and they got better equipped. Most all suffered from hard use and the climate. The French left a great deal of things behind. Link to post Share on other sites
suwanneetrader Posted July 13, 2015 Share #22 Posted July 13, 2015 It is just a shame that as I understand it our G.I.'s get in alot of trouble for even trying to bring home anything. Alot of militaria that is collected once belonged to an enemy from Revolutionary War thru Vietnam was a souvenir bring home. Our Government is worried about belittleing or hurting the feelings of some of the Arab Countries Which Makes no sense to me. I thought we were at war. They are looting their own museums and blowing up 1500 + year old buildings and monuments, but a brave US Soldier or Marine gets court-martialed and busted for a $50.00 dagger. Just my opinion If it is out of line I guess a MOD will delete. Richard Wanted: WWI ID'ed USMC Green Wool Uniform and ANYTHING documented to my Dad's Iwo Jima outfit: 21st Marines 3rd Div. Items marked "Marquet, Marquett, or Marquette" Link to post Share on other sites
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