[attachment 227660 32caledit.jpg] .... here is my 1903 model 32 cal Colt semi auto. Notice the pitting on both the pistol and holster caused by the ganster carrying it as a shoulder holster. I was going to have it re-blued but decided against it due to its history. The pistol is a ton of fun to fire.
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OK DC, you showed us yours, now I'll show you mine ...
- Thread starter Ed SW Fla
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Jim West Pa
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... He "fibbed" about his age in order to enlist in the army for WWI. He went in as a buck private and ended the war as a Brevet Major. He and couple others from his company were the only survivors from the Battle of the Marne.
After that he earned a battlefield promotion to 2nd LT ... then after many more wounds and battles and his promotion to Brevet Major was sent back to Fort Lee, VA army hospital to recover and where he met my grandmother .... she was a Swedish nurse at Fort Lee.
He never talked about the war other than to say avoid having them at all cost except for the defense of our nation. After he passed away, we found letters from several army buddies thanking him for saving their lives.
One of the two things was most proud of in his career, was when he was a judge and successful lawyer was to convince the Arkansas legislature to pass a law requiring drivers to pass a test before getting a license. There were just too many folks killed by drivers who did not know what the road signs meant and speed limits. He proved his case by by getting a then legal Arkansas driver's license for his 3 legged bird dog named Nick. You just needed to answer Name, age, sex, color of eyes & hair, and height.
The second thing was starting 6 or 8 churches ..... monetarily and with his physical presense.
After that he earned a battlefield promotion to 2nd LT ... then after many more wounds and battles and his promotion to Brevet Major was sent back to Fort Lee, VA army hospital to recover and where he met my grandmother .... she was a Swedish nurse at Fort Lee.
He never talked about the war other than to say avoid having them at all cost except for the defense of our nation. After he passed away, we found letters from several army buddies thanking him for saving their lives.
One of the two things was most proud of in his career, was when he was a judge and successful lawyer was to convince the Arkansas legislature to pass a law requiring drivers to pass a test before getting a license. There were just too many folks killed by drivers who did not know what the road signs meant and speed limits. He proved his case by by getting a then legal Arkansas driver's license for his 3 legged bird dog named Nick. You just needed to answer Name, age, sex, color of eyes & hair, and height.
The second thing was starting 6 or 8 churches ..... monetarily and with his physical presense.
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Jim West Pa
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They jist don't make fellers like that anymore Ed.
It's a sad state of affairs that it's impossible to be known now adays for bein honest and doin the right things as he did.
Yer grand dad is the very kind o' 'salt' that built this great Nation of ours.
All i can claim 'bout my family name is they were/are mostly drunks.
However, back in the early 17th cent. a decendant of mine, Francis Pastorius, founded Germantown Pennsylvania,
started the first Christian church in Pennsylvania and was the one of the first advoctes to abolish slavery in this country.
They've all gone WAAYY down hill since then.:blush:
Given yer paps' history, havin documentation of his accomplishments and connectin ownership o' that 1903 would bring the value of it way up in the future.
GREAT piece o' family history Ed.
NEVER alter it's apperance.
I gotta ask...what kind o' car did Nick drive ?
It's a sad state of affairs that it's impossible to be known now adays for bein honest and doin the right things as he did.
Yer grand dad is the very kind o' 'salt' that built this great Nation of ours.
All i can claim 'bout my family name is they were/are mostly drunks.
However, back in the early 17th cent. a decendant of mine, Francis Pastorius, founded Germantown Pennsylvania,
started the first Christian church in Pennsylvania and was the one of the first advoctes to abolish slavery in this country.
They've all gone WAAYY down hill since then.:blush:
Given yer paps' history, havin documentation of his accomplishments and connectin ownership o' that 1903 would bring the value of it way up in the future.
GREAT piece o' family history Ed.
NEVER alter it's apperance.
I gotta ask...what kind o' car did Nick drive ?
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