The M1 Garand Leroy Thompson by Leroy Thompson 9781849086219, 1849086214 instant download after payment.

The M1 Garand gave the US infantryman a marked edge during World War II.
It shot faster and further than enemy infantry rifles and hit harder.
No less an authority on killing the enemy than General George S. Patton
called the Garand, “The greatest battle implement ever devised.” At a
time when opposing forces were armed with bolt-action rifles, US troops
had a highly reliable self-loader. The eight-round clips which were used
to load the M1 Garand were, however, viewed with mixed emotions by the
troops on the ground. Some Army and Marine Corps troops allegedly felt
that the distinctive “twang” as the Garand's clip was ejected when empty
alerted the enemy that the soldiers were reloading and resulted in an
attack. But the Garand became the defining mankiller of the war, despite
its weight and magazine problems, and many US combat veterans consider
it one of the key reasons they survived the war.