Home Forums Miscellaneous Topics Movie, Book, and Music Review Book-- "US Infantry Weapons in Combat" by Mark G. Goodwin

This book is a paperback (laminated) of 232 (237 with publishers ads in back) pages with numerous short (1-4 pages) stories of men who fought in WW2 and/or Korea and their experiences using the US Infantry weapons. All respected the MI Garand. Some, because of the area of combat, preferred the carbine. The 1917 heavy machine guns were very respected as were the 1919's. Thompsons and grease guns are discussed as are mortars and grenades, BAR's and knives. The men's histories of enlistment/drafting, where they went in training and then further are listed.

A very interesting book if you have an interest in these things.

It was published by Scott A Duff publications. Website www.scott-duff.com

Thanks for the recommendation. Found a used one on Amazon and it should be here in two days.

Your thread title caught my eye because I have a large - 8.5" x 11" - format paperback "Battlefield Analysis of Infantry Weapons (Korean War)" by S. L. A Marshall. It's also based on a series of interviews with various combat soldiers regarding their experiences with infantry weapons - M1 Garand, M1 and M2 carbines, 1911, BAR, hand grenades, bazookas and so forth, even down to the bayonet. Instead of covering each individual's experience, each chapter covers a single weapon and analyzes the effectiveness of that particular weapon based on the compounded experiences of the men who used them.

I like this kind of analytical stuff, should be a good read.