The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand BOTY_2025 Navy and Marines to blockade

Navy and Marines to blockade Tripoli—launching the Barbary Wars and beginning America’s journey toward future superpower status

Their fellow passengers are 21st-century pilgrims

Naomi Bowes lost her innocence the night she followed her father into the woods

Two people destined for love or tragedy

and inspirational speaker

The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand BOTY_2025 Navy and Marines to blockadeTales of American combat and comradery in World War II all connected to the iconic rifle of the era, the M1 Garand. An award winning author puts one such rifle into the hands of a series of vets, records their stories, and gathers their signatures on the rifle, in a pilgrimage and homage to heroism. It all started because of a rifle. The Rifle is an inspirational story and heros journey of a 28 year old U. S. Marine, Andrew Biggio, who returned home