My Dear Old Dad once told me that he wished that he had a couple of truck loads of these when he was in Korea during the “Police”* Action there. (Its better known as The Korean War to most of us) Grumpy
* Old Harry Truman declared it a Police Action as it was more politically correct term than saying we are going to war on Mainland Asia.
Hey its Texas, what did you expect!?! Grumpy
White Moon, a Northern Cheyenne who fought at the Battle of Little Bighorn held a US Springfield carbine, caliber .45, serial no. 48482, he took from a slain 7th Cavalry trooper on June 25, 1876.
He gave the carbine to Thomas B. Marquis on June 24, 1927, soon after the doctor-historian took his picture. White Moon was 77 years old when he participated with fellow Northern Cheyenne Wooden Leg, Little Sun, Wolf Chief and Big Beaver at the 51st Little Bighorn Battle Reunion. He died in May 1931.