Type 99 Nambu found in Prineville, OR
Museum display. Text reads:
Floyd Raymond Carter captured this Model 99 Japanese Machine Gun in the South Pacific on the Island of Bougainville around 1944
Carter was a Carpenter's Mate First Class on the Heavy Cruiser USS Baltimore, which was commissioned in 1942.
Along with six others, Floyd was put off on the Island of Bougainville to build a cook's shack in preparation for the arrival of troops. While the 7 of them were bathing in a river, a Japanese machine gun nest began firing at them from a hillside overlooking the river. They quickly got out of the water and decided to "take out' the machine gun nest. This they did, and Floyd commandeered the machine gun.
The gun was displayed at the Carter home in Prineville for 70 years. Carter was born in Prineville on March 15, 1922
Posted Jul 30, 2021, 11:46 PM UTC
So what you’re saying is this on a form 4? 😏
Don't know - its on loan from the family. It looked to me that maybe the receiver was welded unfortunately.