M1 Garand U.S. Cal. .30 Rifle Photos

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Photos of the M1 Garand U.S. Cal. .30 Rifle

Infantryman with M1 Garand rifle takes aim from a halftrack, Fort Knox, KY, June 1942.

Infantryman with M1 Garand rifle, Fort Benning, GA, April 1942.

SGT George Camblair cleans his M1 Garand rifle, Fort Belvoir, VA, September 1942.

PVT Paul Tellini practices seated position on the rifle range at Fort Belvoir, Virginia, January 1943.

PFC Letcher V. Gardner (Montgomery, Iowa), Co D, 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, fires his M1 Garand on a Communist North Korean emplacement, along the Naktong River, near Chingu, Korea, 13 August 1950. Note the 8-round .30-06 en-bloc clips for the M1 Garand on the sandbags.