T99 with GI's name on it

[Doug Ford]

Posted this on another forum but I thought it might be appreciated here also...

Rifle has, "Saipan July 25 1944" hand written on it and on both sides of rifle. I was cleaning the forearm and noticed handwritten, "Sgt Wilard G Smith". Name was written on both sides. Given the date of the rifle, he must have been with the 2nd Marines or the 27th Division. All numbers match..

Tally marks?

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s165/FLYINGMEDIC/DSCN0251.jpg

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[Doug Ford]

Forgot to add. First Series. Nagoya. 24267

[Griff Murphey]

Thanks for sharing! Neat old rifle!

[Guamsst]

Atleast he didn't carve it in with a butterknife or pinhole it with a nail.

[Doug Ford]

Name should be Sgt Milton G Smith! Cleaned more dirt off of it

[Teddydog]

My one Japanese rifle has an previous owner's name on it, too. But he DID scratch it in with a nail or something. "Wallace" and a number (service?) on the floorplate and "Wallace USN" on the top of the receiver.

http://www.teddydog.org/jap/T99a-floor.jpg
http://www.teddydog.org/jap/T99a-rec.jpg


Yours looks very nice.

Rob (Thread Re-animator!)

[kcw]

If the good Sgt has passed on, Ancestry.com may have some basic info on him.

[psteinmayer]

Looks like a nice rifle... and some very interesting info (and possibly history) associated with it too. Does the stock have a duffle cut too?

Paul

[Shooter5]

Atleast he didn't carve it in with a butterknife or pinhole it with a nail.

If an American obtains an enemy weapon in combat, he/she can do whatever the heck they want to it. Nuf said.