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To: w1n1
If you like the Grease Gun watch Hell is for Heroes. Steve McQueen Co-Stars with an M3 which he operates to perfection.


2 posted on 07/13/2020 6:04:49 AM PDT by ImJustAnotherOkie (All I know is The I read in the papers.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

My Uncle (tank commander, Battle of the Bulge) was armed with one and a 45 when he escorted a prisoner home from Europe to New York City after the war. Custody of both guns and prisoner was transferred to a couple of MPs at the boat dock. All never to be seen again.

My uncle said he got tired of showing his order papers to practically every officer on the ship on the way over after they saw the M3. LOL

RIP Uncle Frank.


4 posted on 07/13/2020 6:34:57 AM PDT by headstamp 2 (There's a stairway to heaven, but there's also a highway to hell.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Great catch, and that scene in the bar where he confronts the enemy barmaid defines “intense.”


7 posted on 07/13/2020 6:39:09 AM PDT by whinecountry (Semper Ubi Sub Ubi)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie

Bob Newhart in a war action flick??? May have to see it just for that.


11 posted on 07/13/2020 6:51:29 AM PDT by T-Bird45 (It feels like the seventies, and it shouldn't.)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie; All

FWIW, from the Korean War era until about 1965 the M3 was part of the OEM (Original Equipment, Manufacturer) Kit of the Jeeps, fuel trucks & other military vehicles.
(I think that it is “interesting” that hardly anyone ever stole a M3, when they were OEM.= CHUCKLE.)

Yours, TMN78247


21 posted on 07/13/2020 7:45:08 AM PDT by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, F'by 241836)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie; All

FWIW, from the Korean War era until about 1965 the M3 was part of the OEM (Original Equipment, Manufacturer) Kit of the Jeeps, fuel trucks & other military vehicles.
(I think that it is “interesting” that hardly anyone ever stole a M3, when they were OEM.= CHUCKLE.)

Yours, TMN78247


22 posted on 07/13/2020 7:45:26 AM PDT by TMN78247 ("VICTORY or DEATH", William Barrett Travis, LtCol, comdt., Fortress of the Alamo, Bejar, F'by 241836)
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To: ImJustAnotherOkie
Great flick. Directed by Don Siegel(Incasion of the Body Snatchers, Dirty Harry, among others.) And Bob Newhart doing hi telephone but in a dramatic film.
29 posted on 07/13/2020 8:47:28 AM PDT by gundog ( Hail to the Chief, bitches!)
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