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02844aam a2200457 i 4500 001 0CE0D8A806FC11ECA4882FC934ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210827010013 008 210330s2021 dcua b 001 0ceng d 020 $a 9781684510795 020 $a 1684510791 035 $a (OCoLC)1243743605 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d APL $d OCLCO $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d SLPLM $d IOU $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- 082 04 $a 940.548173 $2 23 100 1 $a Biggio, Andrew, $e author. 245 14 $a The rifle : $b combat stories from America's last WWII veterans, told through an M1 Garand / $c Andrew Biggio ; foreword by Hershel "Woody" Williams. 246 30 $a Combat stories from America's last WWII veterans, told through an M1 Garand 264 1 $a Washington, D.C. : $b Regnery History, $c [2021] 300 $a 295 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-290) and index. 520 $a "It began when Biggio bought a 1945 M1 Garand Rifle, the most common rifle used in WWII, to honor his great uncle, a U.S. Army soldier who died on the hills of the Italian countryside. When Biggio showed the gun to his neighbor, WWII veteran Corporal Joseph Drago, it unlocked memories Drago had kept unspoken for 50 years. On the spur of the moment, Biggio asked Drago to sign the rifle. Thus began this Marine's mission to find as many WWII veterans as he could, get their signatures on the rifle, and document their stories. For two years, Biggio traveled across the country to interview America's last-living WWII veterans. Each time he put the M1 Garand Rifle in their hands, their eyes lit up with memories triggered by holding the weapon that had been with them every step of the war. With each visit and every story told to Biggio, the veterans signed their names to the rifle. 96 signatures now cover that rifle, each a reminder of the price of war and the courage of our soldiers"--From publisher's website. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Personal narratives. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $v Personal narratives, American. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Equipment and supplies. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $z United States. 650 0 $a Military weapons $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Rifles. 650 0 $a Garand rifle. 655 7 $a Personal Narratives. $2 lcgft 700 1 $a Williams, Hershel Woodrow, $d 1923- $e writer of foreword. 941 $a 7 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104020653.0 952 $l LHPD057 $d 20230109095940.0 $m 940.54 BIG 952 $l CAPH522 $d 20221005010344.0 952 $l VKPE334 $d 20220107011630.0 952 $l CBPF522 $d 20211020011320.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20210924010809.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210827010204.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=0CE0D8A806FC11ECA4882FC934ECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search