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Thomas W. Messenger correspondence, June-December 1918

1918-06-29 Thomas Messenger to Mr. N.H. Messenger Page 3

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they kick up and sometimes down. Mine invariably kicked down because I "pulled" the trigger instead of "squeezing" it. You had to get 150 points out of a possible 300 to qualify as a marksman. I got 146. About a fourth of the company qualified as marksman. Then we fired rapid fire - then shots each on the 15 and 25 yd range. Shot 5 shots inside of 20 seconds. Then we fired at silhouette targets. They are approximately the size of a man. But only
 
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