Posted on Jul 23, 2018
Ken Hackathorn on the M1 Carbine: Reputation vs Reality | The Loadout Room
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CW5 Jack Cardwell, my father, who served in the Navy during WWII, found an M1 Carbine on the beach at Okinawa and brought it home. I have it still, but have often wondered what happened to the man that was issued that carbine.
SGT Mark Anderson
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LTC Stephen C.
GySgt John Olson, my father was an ensign/LTJG aboard ship, so he was issued an M1911A1. However, in almost every photo I have of him aboard ship, he’s unarmed, so I assume that the weapons were kept with the ship’s armorer, or wherever they’re stored. That’s what I wish he’d been able to bring home!
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SGT Mark Anderson
Were carbines that were issued for combat registered to the recipients? I assume not. If so, records may be almost impossible to obtain. Let's hope that the recipient of the weapon survived. I can well see why you are curious, for I have several German WWII weapons and have often pondered over the fates of their original bearers.
LTC Stephen C.
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Thank you for sharing my friend CW5 Jack Cardwell the perspective on the M1 Carbine by Ken Hackathorn
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