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[BettyO]

Quote:Betty and Herb:
Glad to hear that you guys had soldiers. I was beginning to think I was the only one on the Forum that did. Herb: I had all those that you named!

I loved to play soldier. Myself and my sister were the only girls on the block who had toy machine guns and a mess kit! We also had something else very special. My dad had brought back to the US when he was in WWII, an actual German helmet. Soooo....my sister and I were frequently German soldiers when we played army. I remember riding up the street on my bicycle wearing that helmet and playing like I was riding my German motorcycle....BTW - we were too young to know anything about Hitler. We were simply just playing soldier - We used to love to watch "Combat", the Vic Morrow program on Tuesday nights, I think.

Don't know anything about Tommy Smothers' Lincoln Logs - but I sure remember those cap pistols! I had a beautiful pair of white handled pistols and an Annie Oakley cowgirl outfit. You could buy those pistol caps for about a nickle a box at the five and dime store.