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Souvenirs OK. ETO Vets ToldLONDON—The Army is encouraging troops leaving the ETO to take with them German pistols, cameras, binoculars and certain other war trophies, Com Z Headquarters has disclosed.The policy, it was said officially, is that “troops leaving the theater be allowed to retain war trophies to the fullest extent practicable with safety to life and property.”Items which contain explosives, including bullets, may not be taken out of the theater, neither may non-military items removed from enemy dead. The latter is a prohibition imposed by the Geneva Convention. The War Department also forbids soldiers to take as trophies name-plates removed from captured enemy military equipment.There is no limit to the size and quantity of trophies except that imposed by baggage requirements prescribed in shipping orders. Generally speaking, the only trophies a soldier may carry are the ones he is able to cram into a duffle bag after packing his issued equipment.Trophies must be accompanied by a statement from the soldier’s superior officer saying that the latter has examined them and found that they do not contain explosives or contravene other regulations.While most trophies may be mailed home, the prohibition remains against mailing pistols or other firearms capable of being concealed on the person. Any type of enemy binoculars may be mailed or carried from the ETO.
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Middle Pacific Stars and Stripes
Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Sat, Jul 21, 1945
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