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American Rifleman TV: Don Burgett (Part 2)

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posted on September 24, 2013

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Donald R. Burgett was a 19-year-old paratrooper who dropped into Normandy in the early morning of June 6, 1944, with an M1 Garand and a U.S. M1911 pistol. Check out part 2 of our American Rifleman TV segment featuring World War II paratrooper and NRA Life member Don R. Burgett.

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Video: American Rifleman TV: Don Burgett, Part 1
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