WANTED: M1 Carbine S/N 122437

[ottoman45]

I went and looked at my Inland for you... i have 4387XX sorry... not a match

[ChipS]

WANTED: M1 Carbine S/N 122437

I sincerely wish you the best of luck. By the time I started collecting carbines my Dad was nearly 80, crippled with arthritis and blind. He couldn't remember the manufacture of his issued carbine, let alone the serial number. But he sure was fond of it and his .38 S&W (Victory). He was a Navy Pharmacist's Mate during '43 to the end of WWII, mostly land based in China and the South Pacific. He talked about his carbine, and the 'Springfield' he trained with at Great Lakes, my whole life. Late in his life he told me he never fired his weapon at the enemy once during the whole war. I told him that didn't matter, he did his part well and that I was grateful and very proud of him. Soon now they will all be gone. What a pity. Semper Fi.

[DaveHH]

Used to see them cycle through the SF Jungle school in Nha Trang. Great soldiers, the best of the indigenous.