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    # 4 says it all from one of your country's most decorated USMC heroes and it does not come much better that that source as to the M-1's usage in WWII. Funny thing is I was just watching and got fleeting glimpse in WWII archival footage of a fire fight between a Das Reich division and the USMC on TV and lo and behold who runs across the screen during the battle a US soldier in the front line carrying the M-1 apparently this battle was crucial to an area in France and the USMC triumphed over the Germans. The buyer was after a Schwimwagon that was photographed after the battle, a Frenchicon farmer had collared it after the battle and the buyer went to see him if it was for sale. Needless to say the vehicle was pulled to bits but all there with the battle damage with the original but faded number plate and the dreaded symbols of the SS the farmer turned down the chaps offer of 60,000 Euros.........

    In reply to bczandm and no disrespect intended they were used in battle to do their bit and kill the enemy much like all the other weapons designed through and for conflicts which seem to abound in various theaters of the world.
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