During the late 50s I lived on Guam. As a boy of 10 it was paradise. Battlefields to explore. Japanese stragglers were still being found or sometimes just left alone. Two of my pals and I would report unexploded ordnance to the Navy guys, showing them where it was. We'd then get ringside seats to watch the fireworks! As a result each of us had a fine collection of hand grenades, mortars, projectiles and cases. All of these made inert by our Navy buddies, one of whom was dating my sister. There were other treasures as well. With this background and having been named in honor of Daniel Boone enjoying history has been a life long pleasure. I'm also interested in the fur trading history of the Americas. I am a very modest gun collector and enjoy reloading for and shooting C&R rifles and a few flintlocks. After sometime lurking around here it seems appropriate to introduce myself and thank you for this forum.
A warm welcome to the forum. My one brother was on Guam in the 50's while in the Air Force--he too had stories about Japanese in the hills. Would love to have you post some pictures of your ordnance collection.
Welcome Dan'l, good to have you lurking about the joint. Can you post any photos of said inert ordinance?
Sadly there was a time in my life (before a 1967 judge order me to "volunteer" or go to jail) I saw this incredable collection as stupid kid stuff and gave it to a cop friend of the family. The collection includined a Type 92 heavy machine gun and Type 89 Grenade Discharger (knee mortar) with 2 type of shells 3 hand grenades and 3 morters (both Japanese and American). As soon as boot camp washed the civialian stink off of me I knew I had made a mistake. Today I only have the rifles and handgun that I have collected over the years, mostly WWII & Korean War ventage and I a member of the NRA. Thank you for the welcome. daboone
Welcome, daboone! It sounds like your childhood would be the envy of any young boy! I look forward to your contributions to the Forum.
