To trace the serial number of a M1 rifle? To know where it went and when? I have a Garand with a serial number of February 1944. Would be neat if it was at the D-Day invasion.
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To trace the serial number of a M1 rifle? To know where it went and when? I have a Garand with a serial number of February 1944. Would be neat if it was at the D-Day invasion.
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I've seen rifles traced to units and then you would have to trace unit history for likelihood of deployment. If it was used on D Day. I think after that I traceability would get muddy as they were lost found picked up reissued from the dead etc.
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used to be you could go to the SRS website, key in your serial, and maybe get a hit,
hit as in it showed up in some records that were found in the archives,
not a day to day following of the rifle,
that site is now pay to play, however there are some that have the printed books, and the files on a spreadsheet online,
post up the serial number , there are several here that have the data to look thru
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