Hello, as the title says I'm curious as to the rules/regulations on bringing back items from various wars (WWII,Vietnam,Afghanistan,Iraq,etc) For example when someone's grandfather took back a pistol off a dead SS officer or something like that. Does the military have some sort of protocol for soldiers when they come back to the states?
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