M1 Garand found at Parker's Crossroads

Gift of Howard and Jean �Hart, 2013.361

This M1 rifle was found in a foxhole in the woods in Belgium, near where the "Battle of Parker's Crossroads" occurred. It was discovered many years later, complete with an unfired .30 caliber round in the chamber and a fully loaded magazine, indications that the rifle's user was either killed or wounded in battle.