It was October when I ran across his name. I was looking into some young men who had served in the Great War, World War I, from our home county. My 2nd great grandfather, Otis Holt, served in the …
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Most who are familiar of the U.S. Model 1917 have heard the story of how it was used as a substitute for the Model 1903 during World War I, but few have heard of the efforts of John T. Thompson and his band of rifle demonstrators that evaluated, taught and trained American soldiers on the new rifle for U.S. Ordnance.