84-Year-Old Vet Uses Korean War Weapon to Shoot Would-Be Robber

hestir.cafemom. ^ | on May 9, 2012 at 11:03 PM | Posted by Janelle Harris

[TheOldLady]

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[SandRat]

As it should have been.

[BerryDingle]

My guess is, since it did say it was a handgun, that it was a M1911A1 .45 cal. pistol if it was his Korean War issue weapon.

Most likely, many Korean War soldiers and Marines learned quickly the value of the .45 when you have a Chinese get in your foxhole at 2 AM in pitch dark with you silently probing for intel.

[so_real]

Daddy always said, "Take care of your tools and they'll take care of you."

[Riley]

You’ve got me beat. I was thinking ‘106 rec rifle’, as I was reading the story.

[Zeppelin]

It was definitely an AK-47, Glock, or some other kind of assault rifle, according to the media :)

[GenXteacher]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NelBNtNm8l0

[Standing Wolf]

I like crime stories with happy endings.

[jboot]

It’s a pistol. If it really was his issued gun it was either a .45 1911 or a .38 revolver. Some branches permitted officers to carry private purchase revolvers, and some rear-echelon enlisted men were issued revolvers as late as Vietnam. Pilots and aircrew were issued .38 revolvers as late as the ‘90s.