We continue our WWII Small Arms Series. Jeremiah and Mike Venturino discuss the history, care, loading and shooting these old WWII small arms. This episode is on the Japanese Type 38&44.
I was saddened to learn about the death of Mike Venturino. His articles were always interesting and full of information, and this video series has illustrated the depth of his knowledge and his willingness to share his guns and his wisdom. RIP, Mr. Venturino.
Likewise, he was a dear friend and he will be greatly missed, I am working on putting together a video tribute for him but nothing seems to do him justice. Plus I want to be respectful to his wife and allow some time to process and grieve. We'll be doing a video on it in the future though. He was an excellent writer and an even better friend. I will miss him. --Jeremiah
Thank you for the kind words and taking the time to watch and comment, all of your support here and with the magazines is greatly appreciated! --Jeremiah
Having a complete, untouched chrysanthemum doesn't necessarily mean it was a battlefield pick up. My dad fought in the navy on a cruiser in the pacific the last year of the war and did occupation duty in Yokosuka after the surrender. He said there was a HUGE pile of rifles and a HUGE pile of bayonets and he took one of each and sent them home. The rifle has a nice, complete mum. Defacing them was meant to disown it as a weapon of the emperor. So someone messed up and didn't grind off the mums in that one pile....
Very interesting story thank you for taking the time to share it, I am sure like everything there were exceptions made, it wouldn't surprise me if the top brass did the same thing. Thanks for watching and taking the time to share that story here. --Jeremiah
