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He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
Men of the 325th Glider Infantry Regiment moving through fog to a new position, Belgium, December 1944.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
There were only two cleaning rods associated with the M1 during WWII: The first was the jointed Cleaning Rod M1 which dated from the early 1930s and was originally intended to be used with the M1903 Springfield and usually referred to as the Barracks Cleaning Rod. The other was the one piece M3 Cleaning Rod developed in 1940 and intended to be issued at a rate of one per squad, also for use in the barracks. The photo of the guys out in the woods shows the man at the front with an M3 Rod sticking out of his barrel
one per squad perhaps that was the only cleaning rod they had
Last edited by Mark in Rochester; 03-02-2018 at 06:06 PM.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
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