World War II Honoree

John Cantius Garand

Hometown

Springfield, Massachusetts

Honored By

Garand Collectors Association

WAS THE INVENTOR OF THE U.S. RIFLE CALIBER .30-M1 USED BY AMERICAN SERVICEMEN DURING WWII. THIS RIFLE, COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE 'GARAND' BY SOLDIERS AND HISTORIANS ALIKE, WAS THE FINEST MILITARY RIFLE EVER PLACED INTO THE HANDS OF COMBAT SOLDIERS. MR. GARAND WAS CANADIAN BY BIRTH, BUT TOOK TO HIS NEW AMERICAN HOME TO BECOME A GENUINE PATRIOT AND ONE OF A HANDFUL OF MEN WHO CAN BE CREDITED WITH PROVIDING OUR TROOPS WITH THE FINEST WEAPONS AND EQUIPMENT THE WORLD HAS EVER KNOWN.