Woo-oo-oo! That M-1 Carbine might be worth a couple thou on the market. But an incalculable amount, when it’s yours, with memories. That was my first assigned arm as an ammo truck driver for the Service Battery of a 105mm Armored Artillery Battalion. I still have my Expert qualification badge for the M-1 Carbine, as well as for the M-1 Rifle.
...That was my first assigned arm as an ammo truck driver for the Service Battery of a 105mm Armored Artillery Battalion...
Dad was on a 105 battery in the South Pacific. Later it was a 155.
He went deaf in his left ear from that.
The M1 Carbine was the Artillery issue then too.