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? asked in Arts & HumanitiesPoetry · 3 years ago

Did Army infantry and Marine infantry corporals during World War 2 carry pistols?

I know officers and sergeants did. I just want to know if corporals did to.

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  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Most of the time they didn’t I suppose some could have got one off a captured or dead German

  • ?
    Lv 4
    3 years ago

    A few did, but most carried M-1 rifles or M-1 carbines depending on their jobs.

  • Mark B
    Lv 7
    3 years ago

    Almost never, same with Sergeants. That was really a Captain and above item for officers, not enlisted.

  • Anonymous
    3 years ago

    Yes when warranted.

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