Inside The Rifle That Won D-Day

By Bob Owens | 5:52 PM | June 06, 2016

Before our GI’s stormed the beaches of Utah and Omaha beaches in Normandy 72 years ago today, they had to go through training with their weapons. The most common weapon for both airborne and amphibious soldiers was the M1 Garand, the only general-issue semi-automatic rifle of the Second World War, which later went on to battle in the Korean War.

Though no longer in military service, the Garand is still a favorite of American riflemen today.

Bob Owens is the Editor of BearingArms.com. Bob is a graduate of roughly 400 hours of professional firearms training classes, including square range and force-on force work with handguns and carbines. He is a past volunteer instructor with Project Appleseed. He most recently received his Vehicle Close Quarters Combat Instructor certification from Centrifuge Training, and is the author of the short e-book, So You Want to Own a Gun. He can be found on Twitter at bob_owens.