Garand Poem

[JonJ]

This has been around for a while but it's worth reading.

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,
Kwajelein, 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.

author unknown

 

[Chipperman]

Makes me want to go get another one.

 

[sheriff dudley]

Great Poem JonJ i had never read that before it was written by someone
who like myself has a great respect for that rifle, it was the first rifle that
Uncle Sam issued me and it was heavy and i was only 165lbs at that time
so i was pleased when they replaced it with the M1 Carbine to lug around
but if t,s,h,t,f there is no doubt in my mind wich one i would GRAB

( THE M-1 GARAND ) Sheriff Dudley Also a little heavy and a little slow!

 

[Twigg]

Thanks for sharing that. Had to clip & save it.

 

[sheriff dudley]

I did the same thing MrTwigg, i printed it out and its hanging next to my
Computer its a good one for sure S.D.

 

[JonJ]

Glad you liked it, Al. You going to be at the show in Marlboro?

 

[sheriff dudley]

JonJ im going to the show in Manchester tommorow i dont know when the
Morlboro show is, i am leaving Monday, O Dark Thirty for Florida to sell my place in Daytona i will probabley be there a month or two so whenever
that show is ? if im back i certainly be there i havent missed that one yet
S.D.

 

[JonJ]

It's Jan 27 & 28, Al. I guess you won't be around for it. Have a good time down there. Catch ya when you come home.