Marines escort an elderly man away from the front lined during the battle on Okinawa.
Canned Heat.
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Garand collectors have long known about these, as stored and recorded by Springfield Armory, but as far as we know, nobody’s found one yet. In 1959, Armory officials told the local newspaper that a few cans recently arrived (of which, more later) were the last survivors of the cans the Armory filled in 1947 and 1948 — apart from a few in the collection of the Armory’s museum.
Marines escort an elderly man away from the front lined during the battle on Okinawa.
Ooo-rah
Private Martin.
The T-1 Pedersen Rifle
The Pedersen Rifle, officially known in final form as the T1E3 rifle, was a United States semi-automatic rifle designed by John Pedersen that was made in small numbers for testing by the United States Army during the 1920s as part of a program to standardize and adopt a replacement for the M1903 Springfield.
Although the Pedersen was rated for a time as the most likely candidate for standardization and adoption, the .30 caliber M1 Garand rifle was chosen instead.[1]
The M-1 was a fantastic weapon and definitely gave us an edge in WWII.
The M-1 was a reason to go OSC, so you didn’t have to lug it around. My BT M-1 5365601 = Bolo, it was a piece of crap, later my assigned M-1 3335555 = Expert, it was a beauty. Had the m-14 issued to me, but never got to fire it. The M-1 carbine was nice because it was light. I had a wood stock one and one with a folding stock on. They were made for house to house fighting, but they were great for plinking on the range. The M-16 223 was the perfect carry weapon for all ranks. Hate to say this but the M-1 really cut into your shoulders on long marches, so you knew it was there, then again, WW II guys were men of Iron and un-pampered, they were able to handled it.
When the article mentions the term “clip,” is it referring to the charging clip that held the rounds before they were pushed down into the magazine?
Probably the first batch the clintoon had destroyed right after the POS was elected.
This thread makes my thumb hurt.