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    Quote Originally Posted by fjruple View Post
    Great history of the 1918 Pandemic. Anybody notice the American soldier in the header was carrying a Model 1873 Trapdoor Springfield .45-70 rifle with a spike bayonet!
    Probably a national guardsman. I did not notice till you pointed it out though. Good catch.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Aragorn243 View Post
    Probably a national guardsman. I did not notice till you pointed it out though. Good catch.
    I had heard that the Minnesota National Guard still had the Trapdoor Springfields in the system in 1940!

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