Uploaded January 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The M1 Garand rifle earned the title of "greatest battle implement ever devised" by General George S. Patton, Jr., but few know the origin of how exactly that title was bestowed upon the most iconic rifle in American military history. This is that origin story.

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