Ever wonder where that Russian Mosin Nagant rifle you own have may been?

You might be interested to know that a documentary has been made about "a little known chapter in U.S. history. At the end of World War I, thousands of soldiers from Michigan were sent to Russiaicon. There they endured a severe winter and bloody battles against Communist troops."

The Michigan PBS schedule can be found on the official documentary web site link: Voices of a Never Ending Dawn.

The first airing is Sunday Nov. 8, 2009 at 3:00pm on WTVS Channel 56 in Detroit, with airings coming to other parts of the state over the next few months.

The documentary has also been picked up by PBS and will air nationally in 2010.

This link is to a story about it in my local (Livonia, MI) newspaper:
Documentary on WWI Polar Bears features 2 Livonia men | hometownlife.com | the Observer & Eccentric Newspapers and Hometown Weeklies

If you have ever been to the Detroit Zoo, you may have seen the plaque about these soldiers near, of course, the polar bear exhibit there. I believe there is also a memorial somewhere in the Troy, MI area.

In the June 2008 issue of The American Rifleman magazine, Bruce Canfield wrote about the Polar Bears. He mentioned that they were issued Mosin Nagant rifles! Not long ago, I purchased a Mosin Nagant rifle made by New Englandicon Westinghouse. Remington also made them. The rifle has marks indicating Russian, Finnishicon and perhaps Germanicon use. If only there was a way to show that it may have also served in the U.S. Army!

Depending on how many chores "she who must be obeyed" has for me, I hope to catch it this Sunday.

Dan
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