Re: The M1 Garand, A Poem

My first rifle is shown in this video... it was wonderful...http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZ-Lcvyrifw

On Dec 31, 5:51 pm, Travis <baconl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>    ****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
> ****
>
> * *****
>
>  ****
>
> *The M1 Garand*
>
> Do you wonder why that rifle
> Is hanging in my den?
> You know I rarely take it down
> But I touch it now and then.
>
> It's rather slow and heavy
> By standards of today
> But not too many years ago
> It swept the rest away.
>
> It's held its own in battles
> Through snow, or rain, or sun
> And I had one just like it,
> This treasured old M-1.
>
> It went ashore at Bougainville
> In Nineteen Forty-Three.
> It stormed the beach at Tarawa
> Through a bullet-riddled sea.
>
> Saipan knew its strident bark,
> Kwajalein, its sting.
> The rocky caves of Peleliu
> Resounded with its ring.
>
> It climbed the hill on Iwo
> With men who wouldn't stop
> And left our nation's banner
> Flying on the top.
>
> It poked its nose in Pusan,
> Screamed an angry roar
> And took the First Division
> From Chosin Reservoir.
>
> Well, time moves on
> And things improve
> With rifles and with men,
> And that is why the two of us
> Are sitting in my den.
>
> But sometimes on a winter night,
> While thinking of my Corps,
> I know that if the bugle blew
> We'd be a team once more.
>
> - Unknown Author****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
>   ****
>
> *WELCOME TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA .
> Please Press '1' for English..** *****
>
> *Press '2' to disconnect until you learn to speak English.** *****
>
>  ****
>
>  ****
>
> ****
>
>  garand1.gif
> 13KViewDownload

--
Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups.
For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum

* Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/
* It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls.
* Read the latest breaking news, and more.