..........The GI got the present and opened it to find a can of SPAM! Spam was scarce in the States so she thought it would be a treat for her husband...

James Pickering: Good write up on the M-1 Garand .......... I have also fired many Nat. Match Courses till about 8 years ago and enjoyed competing in...

The "Gunner" sure looks sharp in those photos you added, James. Besides eating healthy foods, are you sure it's not that mustache of his that keeps hi...

Check out my original posting -- I have edited it to include some additional photos.

Official nomenclature -- US rifle, cal.30, M1 I will refer to these rifles as "Garands" (after the inventor, John C. Garand) hereafter as a m...

.......... I find it a bit strange that the M-2 carbines were used in training that early as few were made during that period .......... I can't ...

FYI -- On Samoa, in preparation for the 1942 landing on Guadalcanal, Marine Corps units were equipped with the following small arms: .30 cal water-coo...

Duh, I stand corrected. But what is the difference? I confess I have never understood what a CWO is or what his duties are, either in today's army or ...

Duh, I stand corrected. But what is the difference? I confess I have never understood what a CWO is or what his duties are, either in today's army or ...

What a great, great story. I keep running across these kind of coincidences and it just blows my mind away. To actually get his same rifle. What we...

Great story, great pictures. Thanks, James. Give the sergeant my best regards and thanks for service to his country. - Marilyn Will do, Marilyn. ...

BTW, another remarkable thing about Gunner Kenton -- at the age of 91 he weighs the same as when he enlisted in the USMC in 1934 -- 140 lbs -- his ser...

To our Brit friends what does "Blimey " mean Art It is an expression of emphasis similar to the American Wow! or Good grief!