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    Arrow Garand Picture of the Day #148 Camp Dallas 1956

    ROTC Caadet with big load of rifles

    Fort Wolters, Texas

    Camp Dallas, 1956 ROTC Summer Camp

    Thanks to Griff Murphey for sending this one in!
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    Another good example of how stocks get those dents and dings!

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    The Rest of the Story: Tornado!

    My brother, Dr. Willis Murphey Jr., took that picture. He just now e-mailed me some more details. This photo was taken just after Camp Dallas (all squad tents on slabs) was hit by a tornado. The rifles were "secured" under each ROTC Cadet's bunk by two pieces of string. So some were flung far and wide. This cadet was recovering the scattered rifles. When the tornado hit, most of the guys were at the swimming pool. Many had nothing left other than their swim trunks. The Army trucked them to Fort Wolters and fed them in the REAL messhall, and put them up in real barracks for the night. The next day all of the M-1s were cleaned and oiled. None were lost.
    A few months back I found this picture in our parents' attic; at the time I thought it was neat but he really didn't give me the details on it. So some of those dents and dings were due to a Texas tornado! Can you imagine issuing live, firing service rifles to high school boys, today, "secured" by string? Yeah, guns are the problem, not "society." Remember when a gun meant adult responsibility? It was a Long time ago, Far away, in another Galaxy...

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