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Thanks for that tidbit Tidewater Kid! I def know something about bringing things back from deployments around SW Asia and Africa Slamfire so I don't doubt it's a WW2 bring back!
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Things were different back then. War trophies were seen as legitimate booty for the common soldier, and every soldier could fill out paperwork and bring at least one battlefield pickup back with them. Lots of those pistols can be had with the approved paperwork from the Army. It was also a heck of a lot easier to smuggle firearms back. My grandfather-in-law was an FO, and brought back the one he was allowed, and six more Lugers and FNs. The penalty was it got taken by some supply Sgt. rather than a full blown courts marshal today. Now it is a ridiculously huge deal. Back then it just wasn't, and it was much harder to control.