M1 Garand

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10 years 8 months ago - 10 years 8 months ago #36491 by Akai
M1 Garand was created by Akai
Do you wonder why that rifle
Is hanging in my den?
You know I rarely take it down
But I touch it now and then.

It's rather slow and heavy
By standards of today
But not too many years ago
It swept the rest away.

It's held its own in battles
Through snow, or rain, or sun
And I had one just like it,
This treasured old M-1.

It went ashore at Bougainville
In Nineteen Forty-Three.
It stormed the beach at Tarawa
Through a bullet-riddled sea.

Saipan knew its strident bark,
Kwajalein, its sting.
The rocky caves of Peleliu
Resounded with its ring.

It climbed the hill on Iwo
With men who wouldn't stop
And left our nation's banner
Flying on the top.

It poked its nose in Pusan,
Screamed an angry roar
And took the First Division
From Chosin Reservoir.

Well, time moves on
And things improve
With rifles and with men,
And that is why the two of us
Are sitting in my den.

But sometimes on a winter night,
While thinking of my Corps,
I know that if the bugle blew
We'd be a team once more.
Unkown Author :usa:

Received a package from the CMP today :dance:
More to follow after some :sleep:
Last edit: 10 years 8 months ago by Akai.
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10 years 4 months ago #41435 by Akai
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I'm excited just received a package from the CMP another M1 Garand this ones a HR not as nice as the Springfield, but still worth it, now if I can get my hands on one of those IH I'd be very happy :usa:

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10 years 4 months ago #41436 by Ranchwagon
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What is the significance of IH? I think it is International Harvester but beyond that, what's the deal?
Thanks.

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10 years 4 months ago #41447 by OleCowboy
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Great poem... :twothumbs:
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10 years 4 months ago #41448 by Akai
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It just would be the next for the collection unless a Winchester would come my way, for the right price :unsure: I love the history and the weapons that go with it :whistle: Just went thru an old fort Hartsull in western NE and they had a very nice collection of old military weapons :drool: On the good side I found a Springfield trapdoor 45-70 Bayonet at auction in a box of junk, guess no won else saw it $5.00 got it. Seems like history and the knowledge of it is disappearing fast :mad:

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10 years 4 months ago #41449 by Ranchwagon
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I get it now. I feel that way about a few things myself, hope you get all of them eventually.

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