Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian Russian Field Gear In 1941 Bill joined the

In 1941 Bill joined the Navy and trained to become a pilot and in 1943 he married his sweetheart

She remained in Newport until early 1942

a cloth cover for the helmet was issued

The uniform had come to us from a small private museum and as having belonged to Sergeant Ira McLamb

All of these figures reflect a 50% hit probability when simultaneously launching a full clip of 4 rockets

Original U.S. Peabody M1868 Romanian Contract Falling Block Military Rifle in .45 Romanian Russian Field Gear In 1941 Bill joined theOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very nice example of a U. S. manufactured Peabody Patent Foreign Contract Rifle, one of an estimated 25,000 to 30,000 made for Romania. At that time, the country was still a province of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, and would not receive its independence until 1878, after which it adopted the M1879 Peabody Martini Rifle. The Peabody action was developed by Henry O. Peabody from Boston, Massachusetts, and was