Jim, I always assumed the first shots "in anger" for M1903s, was in the Philippines. There was still quite a bit of unrest, especially in Moro country. One large (for pre-WWI) battle on Mindanao at Bud Bagsak, in 1913.
Jim, I always assumed the first shots "in anger" for M1903s, was in the Philippines. There was still quite a bit of unrest, especially in Moro country. One large (for pre-WWI) battle on Mindanao at Bud Bagsak, in 1913.
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People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
--George Orwell