I see a videos on you tube where WW2 veterans are taken flying in the planes they flew during the war. Nothing on that scale but I got to let a WW2 veteran shoot my M1 on the first day I revived it from the DCM.

I was out shooting my new rifle on the ditch bank just east of town and Otto stopped to see what I was up to. He was surprised to see a M1 and told me that he used one during WW2. I handed him the rifle and believe me he was all smiles. When he started to had the rifle back I gave him a clip and my ear muffs. A couple of polite I couldn't use up your ammunition and then it was game on.

Even though it had been forty years since he last used a M1 he sure didn't miss a beat. Anytime I would pick out a target at any range he could put one right on target. Really a amazing shot.

Now days when I decorate graves for memorial day I see Ottos stone not far from my family's burial plots. I always remember when we shot together and I think we both shared a great day.