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rangerco · July 27, 1999, 06:32 PM

Sorry Jim, but Rock Island was quite happy building '03 into WW II. Not sure if they ever made Garands. They may have been assembling, but they were active. I grew up across the river and when they were testing artillery (late '50's) you could hear it all over the area (fired cardboard canisters full of wet sand up the river or so I was told by boys whose fathers worked there). And in the fall when you went to enjoy the leaves changing colors, you had to watch out for tanks that crossed the roads only occassionally...

July 27, 1999, 06:32 PM	#6
rangerco Member Join Date: June 18, 1999 Posts: 56	Sorry Jim, but Rock Island was quite happy building '03 into WW II. Not sure if they ever made Garands. They may have been assembling, but they were active. I grew up across the river and when they were testing artillery (late '50's) you could hear it all over the area (fired cardboard canisters full of wet sand up the river or so I was told by boys whose fathers worked there). And in the fall when you went to enjoy the leaves changing colors, you had to watch out for tanks that crossed the roads only occassionally...