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Retired US Army officer(SF; SE Asia combat veteran) John Plaster wrote in his SOG(Special Ops Group or "Studies & Observations Group") books that he did not like or want pistols in combat
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Well I wasn't special ops or anything fancy, but as just a sorry old grunt, infantryman in this case I'd say Plaster is full of horse poop.
I carried a 1911a1 and found it quite handy; It beats the hell of of any rifle when in the confines of a slimmy mud hole little peopel used as tunnels, or when a gun ('60) burns up it tides you over until you can get a rifle off a wounded comrad.
Not to mention, when your in the rear it beats carrying a "pig" through the chow line or down town when you sneak out the wire.