“Tag: d-day”

When it comes to the infantry arms of D-Day and the Battle for Normandy, guns such as the M1 Garand and Thompson come as no surprise, but what about whole American regiments armed with other guns-well-known or forgotten-of the “Great Crusade"?

Fully 80 years after the gun called by the U.S. Army Ordnance Department the “U.S. Semi-Automatic Rifle, Caliber .30, M1” was adopted, the Garand rifle still continues to have a place with American shooters and collectors.

The National D-Day Memorial will soon add a “Marine Corps in the European Theater” narrative plaque—but only if they meet a $20,000 fundraising goal to support the initiative.

Harold Baumgarten was chosen by fate to represent us on Omaha beach, and he did so by throwing his young body into the jaws of modern combat.

On this 74th anniversary of the D-Day invasion, we remember the words of Supreme Commander of Allied Expeditionary Forces, General Dwight David Eisenhower, later President of the United States, and a proud Life member of the National Rifle Association.

On June 6, 1944, the greatest armada yet assembled invaded Nazi-occupied France. Our television crew traveled to the actual battlefields, the very places where American, British, Canadian and other Allied troops fought to begin the liberation of Europe.

During this 75th anniversary since the invasion at Normandy, ARTV staff continues its look at the Men & Guns of D-Day.

Tonight on American Rifleman TV, we continue our look at the Men & Guns of D-Day with the 82nd Airborne Division.

Tonight on American Rifleman TV, we continue our look at the Men & Guns of D-Day with the soldiers who landed on Utah Beach.