The M1 carbine in french

[Harlan (Deceased)]

1886lebel,

I see your point, but then you write replys in French, which others can not read. Which is an insult also.

"...this type of stuff can offend him..." 1886lebel, I'm not French, but it's offensive just the same.
cafdfw, learn some history. Find some non-American history about W.W. II. The French 2nd Armoured Div.(General LeClerc's story alone will open your eyes) and the French Resistance(Chuck Yeager was saved by them) would be a place to start.
mlr224, it's most likely a Lend/Lease manual. Mind if I ask what you paid for it? Just curious.

Sunray, maplebacon, et al, I apologized at the beginning. I didn't want to respond to the continued insults, but I understand that I provided a situation for some people to make themselves feel better.

- It's apparent the situation has become a forum for some people to exercise their self righteousness; commenting repeatedly after my apology at the beginning. I GET IT, OK?

Sunray, (FWIW), I minored in Modern History; mostly the years of WWI – WWII – Korean ‘Conflict’-and on. I was interested in German activities leading up to WWII from the Weimar Republic to the takeover of the government by Hitler's Nazi party who destroyed the system of democracy of the Weimar Republic, which was very similar to our own system. One of the main reasons the Weimar Republic failed was the horrible economy at the time it was in place. Germany was hit harder by the Great Depression than any other nation because had many repayments etc from its defeat in WWII. The people were literally starving and fell for Hitler's promises and he took over. The economy actually did improve after he took over and the people really blindly got behind him.

* There are many similarities of what is going on in our own Government today. Many and I'm not being paranoid. As far as I will go with this, but the similarities of the details is so much like things going on presently, including gun registration and harsh enforcements. God, now he's proposing a 'National Police' - Brownshirts then the Schultz Staffel that started as Hitler's personal police unit, but grew to what it became later.

I often wonder if these classes are available to college students now.
My niece graduated with honors in 'Communications'. She went to a movie with me and afterward she asked questions about what lead up to Vietnam. I explained a very short rundown about Vietnam and the politics involved and she said they didn't have any references to the war years of modern times. She knew NOTHING about Vietnam, WWI, WWII and thought Germany and Japan were our allies because we do so much trade with them now. (Honest to God truth!)
As it says, "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it".
My niece voted for Obama just because she wanted 'change' as many other college students did who don't have a clue.

Sorry for the long post and getting off topic.

I contribute to the French unit of the Commemorative Air Force. They only have two small observation aircraft, but the unit has more spirit than most units I've visited in the US. I've written a few articles about the history of the CAF for them that have been used in their newsletter. I also send many current photos of local events. I'm in regular contact with members there and report flying activities in the US. I’ve met them each year as they visit my Unit and then a week later at the annual CAF 'AIRSHO'
I don't hate anyone. The French people I know are wonderful and very patriotic.

As I said before, please forgive me for using the old common joke. It meant no offense at all.

~ Harlan