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   jugjug@hotmail.com says...   
      
   >    So, this got me to wondering - what was the policy with regards to U.S.   
   >solders and war/battle booty out in the old west?   
      
   I don't know what the policy was then, or what it is now.   
   But what I do remember, having been a child of WWII,   
   is all the German memorabilia that came back to the USA   
   during that era. I seem to recall that even firearms   
   were okay to ship into the USA as long as they were rendered   
   inoperable - barrels filled with lead, or whatever.   
   And I recall seeing Japanese war booty too, just not   
   as much of it in my memory. Supposedly the Jap canteen I   
   handled was laced with some sort of deadly poison as   
   a booby trap for anyone drinking from it. Lots of   
   bull-hockey associated with a lot of the booty. Samurai   
   type swords were and still are another very popular item   
   for shipment home. Nowadays the latter are manufactured   
   for the tourist trade, but having one actually captured   
   from a Japanese soldier was a prize of wartime.   
      
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