There is an interesting book on Kickstarter about veteran bring backs.
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Veteran Bring Back Stories vol IV - paperback -
>>34685131
Edward Tinker's books? I have the first 3 volumes. They're interesting books. Of course, they're just stories so not everything will be 100% accurate.
>>34685131
"I killed a slant and took his sword home"
"I killed a kraut and took his pistol home"
Yeah, interesting.
>>34685242
There is more than just that. I remember one story of a vet picking up a Dutch Luger he found off of a dead Japanese officer. The finger was just a bone by the time he found him and when he grabbed it it took the finger with it and he brought it home too.