Brendan. I believe you are right on Korea11. I knew it as a burp gun. My Uncle called it a grease gun. I had a toy model that shot caps. When my Uncle, who had just returned from the service, saw it, he marveled that it was a very good replica of the original.
Apparently it was not a very precise weapon. It had a 5 or 6 inch barrel. When they took it out for a test fire, the shots sprayed into a pattern the size of a bed sheet. Regards, Bob S. On Feb 11, 2008 3:40 PM, Brendan MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The Cushman photographs are a great link to our > photographic past. I enjoyed looking at these images, > both as a peek into our American and photographic > past, but also a look into a personal past. > > I used to buy and sell a lot of photographic gear on > eBay for years, that is, until the market for old > movie gear pretty much dried up a few years ago. I > would occassionally come across collections similar to > Mr. Cushman's though most don't come close to his in > terms of sheer volume and scope. > > One collection stands out, however. It was that of a > retired Navy doctor who had served during the Korean > War. I acquired all of his photographic gear which > included an Argus C3, enlarger, darkroom accoutrement, > some slides, a Revere 99 8mm movie camera and about 20 > cans of film footage from the 1940's-1950's. Most of > the cans are 8mm Kodachrome movie film, though if > memory serves, some of the oldest cans are Kodak b/w > stock. > > One of the cans caught my eye immediately as it was > labeled "Korean War Pictures." I got out my Bolex 8mm > projector and ran the film only to be blown away at > the footage. When I first read the label I figured it > would be an 8mm version of news reels which were > available at the time that I had often found mixed in > with many a home movie collection. Not this one. This > is the genuine article shot by the doctor on his > Revere camera. I once compared the gate profile with > the individual frames and these "camera originals" > came from that camera. It appears as though the doctor > was working on a hospital ship during Hungnam and the > Inchon invasion and shot this footage. > > Anyway, a number of years ago I took some (mostly > really awful) still digitals with my Oly Camedia 1.3MP > point and shoot of the running film. Here they are for > anyone who's interested: > > http://www.primelensphoto.com/korean_war/index.html > > What I love about discovering personal histories like > this is the fascinating detective story that unfolds > as you study the footage. I wasn't all that familiar > with the Korean War prior to this but I soon became > more curious as I found myself trying to identify > weaponry, ships, and other artifacts from the film. > >From my research, I believe the hospital ship shown is > the USS Cosolation (AH-15): > > http://www.history.navy.mil/photos/sh-usn/usnsh-c/ah15.htm > > I believe another of the ships shown very briefly in > the footage (not shown in my gallery) is the USS Mount > McKinley (AGC-7). Present at one time or another on > the USS Mount McKinley were General of the Army > Douglas MacArthur, Commander-in-Chief Far-East > Command, Rear Admiral James H. Doyle, U.S. Navy, > Commander, Task Force 90; Brigadier General Edwin K. > Wright, U.S. Army, MacArthur's Operations Officer, and > Major General Edward M. Almond, U.S. Army, Commander, > Tenth Corps. And last but very not least, Major > General Oliver P. Smith, USMC, Commanding General, > First Marine Division. > > If anyone familiar with military firearms could help > me identify the weapon in "Korea 11," I'd appreciate > it. I think it's an M3A1 Grease Gun but I can't be > sure. > > -Brendan > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
