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Spade Cooley · August 25, 2008, 01:18 PM

I entered the U S Army in 1961 and was trained with the M-1. I loved it. I became a radio operator, Morse Code and Teletype, and when I arrived in Germany to serve along the border they issued everyone in our Communications Section a Carbine. I used it for almost a year and then they picked up the Carbines and issued us all M-14s. I liked to carry the Carbine on guard duty because it weighed a lot less but if in combat I would want the M-14.

August 25, 2008, 01:18 PM	#25
Spade Cooley Junior member Join Date: June 24, 2007 Posts: 296	I entered the U S Army in 1961 and was trained with the M-1. I loved it. I became a radio operator, Morse Code and Teletype, and when I arrived in Germany to serve along the border they issued everyone in our Communications Section a Carbine. I used it for almost a year and then they picked up the Carbines and issued us all M-14s. I liked to carry the Carbine on guard duty because it weighed a lot less but if in combat I would want the M-14.