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COLT OFFICIAL POLICE WWII
Guns International #: 101877900 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Colt Revolvers - Official Police - Military Revolvers - US
Seller's Information
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Seller: Carolina Sporting Arms
Company: Carolina Sporting Arms
Member Since: 9/18/07
First Name: CHRIS
Last Name: SHOULARS
State: North Carolina
Zip: 28273
Country: United States
Phone: (704) 554-9511
Fax: (704) 554-9551
Platinum Seller
Number of Active Listings: 31
Total Number of Listings: 8517
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
NO LAYAWAYS
Payment Types Accepted: NO CREDIT CARD FEE
Description:
THIS IS A COLT OFFICIAL POLICE IN .38 SPECIAL,BUILT IN 1941 AND SERVED AS A PERSONAL WEAPON FOR LT E.S.(NICK )NICHOLS. PURCHASED BY FAMILY MEMBERS BEFORE HE LEFT FOR WW II ,COMES WITH HIS HOLSTER
"COMMANDERS. Lt Col Erickson S Nichols, 12 Nov 1942"
374th TROOP CARRIER GROUP Constituted as 374th Troop Carrier Group on 7 Nov 1942 and activated in Australia on 12 Nov. Assigned to Fifth AF. Transported men and materiel in the theater from Nov 1942 until after the war, operating from Australia, New Guinea, Biak, and the Philippines. Used war-weary and worn-out aircraft, including B-18's, C-39's, C-4gYs, C-56's, Mo's, DC-3'S, and DC-$s, until equipped with C-47's in Feb 1943. Engaged in supplying Allied forces in the Papuan Campaign, receiving one DUC for these missions, and being awarded another DUC for transporting troops and equipment to Papua and evacuating casualties to rear areas, Nov-Dec 1942. Received third DUC for transporting men and supplies over the Owen Stanley Range, 30 Jan+ Feb 1943, to aid the small force defending the airdrome at Wau, New Guinea. Participated in the first airborne operation in the Southwest Pacific on 5 Sep 1943, dropping paratroops at Nadzab, New Guinea, to seize enemy bases and cut inland supply routes. Other operations included evacuating wounded personnel, flying courier routes, making passenger flights, and helping to move the 11th Division from Luzon to Okinawa in Aug 1945 for staging to Japan.
CAMPAIGNS. World War II: Air Offensive, Japan; Papua; New Guinea; Northern Solomons; Bismarck Archipelago; Western Pacific; Leyte; Luzon.
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