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Post by one50 on Jan 3, 2010 0:34:09 GMT 8
My search may be over. Thanks. Now I 'll have to go to Corregidor and find the proof myself Dan
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Post by one50 on Jan 2, 2010 11:11:24 GMT 8
Very nice showing micahwcollins. That odd one next to your 3 .45 cal. is a .30 carbine round. The six Japanese bullets are 6.5mm and the 3 next to it are 7.7, but are they semi-rimmed or not? 7.7mm semi-rimmed rounds are for the Japanese machine gun. The rim on the back sticks out just a fuzz past the case for the extractor to grab it better due to the higher rate of fire. Semi-rimmed rounds will not work in the rifles due to this bigger rim. Hard to tell from your photo if it's semi-rimmed or not. I'm on a quest for 7.7 non-semi-rimmed See in the photo the semi-rimmed is just a hair bigger. Not much. Attachments:
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Post by one50 on Dec 26, 2009 9:50:57 GMT 8
Let me know what you need to send them, email or address. Email sent to you. No need to post our personal information to the world. Look forward to talking to you. Dan
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Post by one50 on Dec 23, 2009 11:41:55 GMT 8
Deb,
What a surprise. Thank you very much for posting. PFC. McMillan has been an "unknown" for me for some time. You gave me a first name, now I can continue my research.
I'm doing research on members of the 503rd from Ohio. I hope to publish it some day, but information is slow coming. I'm very excited you decided to join.
Your father was in "C" company and unfortunately all my Ohio contacts for "C" company have passed away. Most likely your father didn't know many men outside his company. But there are still a few out there.
I would love to ask you or your father some questions. I have a questionnaire I send out and the family fills in the blanks. I hope you might consider helping out with this research.
If you do not have a legit photo of the Ohio men, I would love to send you one to give to your father or keep for yourself. I would also encourage you to purchase a book called "Combat over Corregidor" Links are on this site. You and your family will have a better understanding of what your Father did on Corregidor if he chose to keep his experiences to himself all these years.
Again thanks for joining. I look forward to seeing pictures and hearing stories about your Father.
Dan
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Post by one50 on Dec 7, 2009 10:21:03 GMT 8
News photos with that halo are pretty common. It's actually someone drawing on the photo negative around the figures to increase the contrast for news print. It called burning. If anyone uses Photoshop it would be the...you guessed it....the burn tool. If you want to make a dark line, you would "dodge" it...and in Photoshop it would be the...you guessed it....the dodge tool. Back in the day though, they did it by hand on the negative. It's an old school news print trick before computers
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Post by one50 on Dec 4, 2009 10:02:33 GMT 8
Jon, You'll find on this board, that it's a slow moving board some days. People much like yourself drop in from time to time and say a few words then disappear for a while. It's the way of things. Everything works out in the end. Please post some photos of this bag when you get it. I'm a avid Gas mask collector. I can probably tell you the mask that went in the bag. Hope things work out with the bag, actually called a "carrier", but bag gets the point across too Dan
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Post by one50 on Nov 30, 2009 11:45:43 GMT 8
Now this is a good topic. I wish I could add some knowledge here for this question has been on my mind since I got the "Corregidor bug".
Look forward to more posting and ideas on this thread.
Thanks Dan
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Post by one50 on Nov 26, 2009 10:49:54 GMT 8
Thanks MGK for sharing.
I have original 7.7, but not the heart to break one open. I probably should though. I'll ask a few buddies that have Japanese ammo collections, maybe I can get a good photo from them.
...and yes, please keep you eyes peeled for any small arms ammo lying around. If your lucky, you might find some 8mm Japanese pistol ammo. That would be a treat to find.
Thanks Dan
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Post by one50 on Nov 26, 2009 10:42:13 GMT 8
Wow, This is what makes the internet worth while. Bringing people and items together over the years. Antoine, I hope you can work something out with musketjon. That is almost devine intervention. Musketjon, what brought you to this sight recently? It's almost perfect timing. The cool thing is, we have this this exact thing happen in the past with other families. I would love to see more photos of your father Musketjon and any stories he may have shared with you. Thanks for sharing the photos you have. Thats a very nice display you have. I'm sure if you write a little something up, the man in charge here might find some space to add to the website Thanks again Dan
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Post by one50 on Nov 8, 2009 11:15:05 GMT 8
Fots2 thanks for sharing your find. It's definitely not a 6.5. It could be a 7.7 or a 30-06. It looks very much like a 7.7 can't be 100% sure without using a set of calipers to measure it's width. I'm leaning towards it coming from a 7.7mm semi rimed cartridge. Semi rimed cartridges were for Japanese machine guns. The non rimmed 7.7 were used for rifles. Your bullet looks exactly like the 7.7 semi rimmed bullets I have.
Should be .311 or .312 diameter (inches) in that range. A 30-06 should be about .308 diameter (inches) range.
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