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Clipper · 09-14-2012, 06:52 PM

USN Reserve boot camp (2 weeks) at San Diego in the summer of '54. Spent hours and hours dry firing, finally out to a Marine rifle range (Pendleton?) for our day on the range and in the butts. Still lusting for one....someday!

09-14-2012, 06:52 PM	#72
Clipper V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Amarillo, TX Posts: 391	Re: when and where was your !st encounter with the m1 garand USN Reserve boot camp (2 weeks) at San Diego in the summer of '54. Spent hours and hours dry firing, finally out to a Marine rifle range (Pendleton?) for our day on the range and in the butts. Still lusting for one....someday!