Amazing. I'm sure there were a lot of pick-me-ups on the battle field just days after the conflict. That is IF you were brave enough to wander out there among the un-exploded ordnance.
U.S. military equiptment such as firearms were not allowed to be senthome (as were U.S. legal forign non-full autos) and few returning G.I.'s would chance being caught trying this
I've heard accounts of veterans on their voyage home being told to declare all weapons. Many just tossed them over the side of the ship and then found out later that everything was so hectic at the port that no one inspected their duffle bags at all. They could have kept them.
Then one veteran told of being the last group off a ship and they ordered them to remove all unclaimed cargo from the ship and move it to a warehouse. Here were stacks and stacks of unused equipment and weapons---probably hidden on the ship by soldiers who didn't want to get caught by the edict.
Steve