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10 Dec. 2023 Garand Picture of the Day
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Do you ever wonder what J.C. Garand
would think of the number of people still reverently saying his name (albeit incorrectly) some eighty-eight years after his namesake debuted?
Bob
"It is said, 'Go not to the elves for counsel for they will say both no and yes.' "
Frodo Baggins to Gildor Inglorion, The Fellowship of the Ring
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Or how far his rifle has travelled...
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Originally Posted by
Bob Womack
Do you ever wonder what J.C.
Garand would think of the number of people still reverently saying his name (albeit incorrectly) some eighty-eight years after his namesake debuted?
Bob
His son Richard was asked how to pronounce the name at a GCA Convention as I recall both ways were acceptable
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