Well, to be fair to that situation, we had essentially just conquered Japan and didn't need those weapons falling into the hands of people that might still be willing to continue fighting.

Aaaand, they just went with Glocks again.

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2...rvice-handgun/

So they are getting brand new Glocks...I guess they don't want the cheap route and getting conversions from 40 to 9mm

I don't know what's behind their opposition to finger grooves.

Not everybody likes finger grooves on the grips.