Ordnance went up front

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A PDF copy of Roy Dunlaps "ordnance went up front", a memoir written by a WWII infantryman and previous gunsmith and competition shooter I. “APPROACH”......Page 10 II. SIGNED UP......Page 13 III. ON THE MOVE......Page 16 IV. TO EGYPT VIA SOUTH POLE......Page 22 V. DESERT STATION......Page 27 VI. MODERN EGYPTIAN LIFE IN CAIRO......Page 31 VII. WITH THE EIGHTH ARMY......Page 41 VIII. AT THE CAPTURED EQUIPMENT DEPOT......Page 48 IX. BRITISH AND GERMAN AMMUNITION......Page 60 X. ITALIAN SMALL ARMS AMMUNITION......Page 70 XI. ITALIAN MACHINE GUNS......Page 89 XII. GERMAN SMALL ARMS USED IN EGYPT......Page 93 XIII. THE GERMAN LIGHT MACHINE GUNS......Page 121 XIV. THE GERMAN PISTOLS......Page 134 XV. “FOREIGN” GERMAN PISTOLS......Page 147 XVI. THE EUROPEAN POCKET PISTOLS......Page 160 XVII. THE ITALIAN PISTOLS......Page 166 XVIII. BRITISH SMALL ARMS......Page 175 XIX. A DETAIL WITH QM......Page 192 XX. RIFLE PRACTICE IN EGYPT......Page 197 XXI. WITH THE RIFLE RANGE DETAIL......Page 203 XXII. OUR INTERNATIONAL RIFLE MATCHES......Page 212 XXIII. STATESIDE BOUND......Page 220 XXIV. ORDNANCE SCHOOL AND MISSISSIPPI......Page 224 XXV. TO THE PHILIPPINES AND THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION......Page 229 XXVI. BEACHHEAD LANDING ON LEYTE......Page 240 XXVII. EARLY OPERATIONS ON LEYTE......Page 246 XXVIII. “FIGHTIN’ IN THEM HILLS”......Page 253 XXIX. THE FILIPINOS......Page 262 XXX. AN ORDNANCE DUMP IN THE HILLS......Page 271 XXXI. OUT OF THE HILLS......Page 285 XXXII. FIELD REPAIRS AND REPLACEMENTS......Page 289 XXXIII. THE LANDING AND FIGHTING ON LUZON......Page 294 XXXIV. MOPPING-UP ON LUZON......Page 303 XXXV. LOADING UP FOR JAPAN......Page 310 XXXVI. JAPAN......Page 316 XXXVII. JAPANESE SMALL ARMS......Page 328 XXXVIII. THE 7.7MM JAP RIFLE......Page 346 XXXIX. THE JAP PISTOLS......Page 355 XL. JAP MACHINE GUNS......Page 367 XLI. U. S. WEAPONS......Page 378 XLII. MISCELLANEOUS EUROPEAN SMALL ARMS......Page 406 XLIII. MISCELLANEOUS MUSINGS ON MEN, OFFICERS, WAR......Page 439 XLIV. RECONVERSION......Page 460 XLV. THE STRENGTH AND SUITABILITY OF MILITARY RIFLE ACTIONS......Page 488 XLVI. GERMAN SMALL ARMS MANUFACTURING PLANTS......Page 514 XLVII. METRIC-INCH CONVERSION DATA......Page 527 INDEX......Page 531