Also, please note how the word "Garand" is pronounced when referring to the rifle. "Guh-rand" with second syllable emphasized.
John Garand's name, however, was pronounced: "Gerh-end" emphasis on first syllable, this is well documented in Julian Hatcher's definitive work on the Garand.
Familiar with that book?
Julian S. Hatcher,
The Book of the Garand, Washington, Infantry Journal Press, 1947 [Riling 2645]
What's that? Hatcher calls it a Garand?
What did he know? He was just the guy largely responsible for getting the Garand through the whole R&D, development and production cycle for years.
Another stupid person, I guess, who just doesn't know what he is talking about?
