Looking for SA M1 Garand SN 2860035

[en bloc]

Devious6, Your Dad's photo with his M1 would make a great Photo-of-the-day!

Good luck with your search.

~Matt

[Bob Womack]

My dad was a wiry, gangling kid with glasses whom everyone in his Navy training battalion was going to score poorly. He surprised them all by taking the top shooter honors. What they didn't know was that he spent his teens in the mountains of Tennessee shooting squirrels and birds and shot for his school's rifle team. Back then, he'd take his rifle to school and stick it in his locker so he could either shoot for the team or go hunting after school. No-one was worried. It is a different world.

Bob

[Joe W]

Here's my dad's photo. It was taken in July 1944 at Parris Island. He was high shooter in his platoon and they sent the photo and a press announcement to our local paper. My grandmother happened to be a proofreader at the paper and was able to keep the original photo and the press release. I have it hanging in a case in my den with a "place holder" Garand waiting for the day when I might find the original.

http://pic100.picturetrail.com/VOL73.../251731057.jpg

Great Picture, may I make a suggestion. Join the GCA, The Garand Collectors Association Best $25.00 you will have spent in a long while.They run a full page called "M1 Memories" If they were to select your dads story for print, you could tell your dads story which I am sure the membership would love to hear. The picture would be posted with the story. There are over 15000 Garand collectors that are members of the GCA and just maybe one of them is the poster "guest". Never can tell.
What do you think about this idea Rambouelli ??

[ramit]

Great Picture, may I make a suggestion. Join the GCA, The Garand Collectors Association Best $25.00 you will have spent in a long while.They run a full page called "M1 Memories" If they were to select your dads story for print, you could tell your dads story which I am sure the membership would love to hear. The picture would be posted with the story. There are over 15000 Garand collectors that are members of the GCA and just maybe one of them is the poster "guest". Never can tell.
What do you think about this idea Rambouelli ??

+1 ,
As well, I believe in one Journal I thought I read that they were looking for stories from GCA members to consider for this page on their website.
The Garand Collectors Association M1 Member Memories

[Devious6]

Thanks, guys. I have been a GCA member for years and I had an ad in the journal for over a year. They have the picture but have never printed it - almost put it in the Want Ads section but decided that if they posted my pic they would have to post everyone's.

Thanks for the suggestions, though.

[ramit]

they do post some great shots, like those showing the gas traps when they have a gas trap article..

But for yours, while it's a great photo, I think the story would be the selling point to make the picture pop to get published, but not in the market place.....

I'm sure they have tons of pictures for filler in the magazine, but family stories something else....

For the next step, don't ask for a market place ad,
but as a contribution to the M1 Memories web page....http://www.thegca.org/m1-member-memories

[swo_dfw]

Not that it helps but the rifle I got from the CMP last year is VERY close, 2859983. I think it was one of of the Greek returns.

Steve

[Devious6]

Not that it helps but the rifle I got from the CMP last year is VERY close, 2859983. I think it was one of of the Greek returns.

Steve

Wow, Steve, that's close! I am sending out a serial number check request to CMP. Maybe I'll get lucky this time!