Editing M1 Garand (section)

==Pronunciation==
Sources differ on the pronunciation of the M1 Garand. Some, such as General [[Julian Hatcher|Julian Hatcher's]] ''The Book of the Garand'' (1948), give {{IPAc-en|ˈ|ɡ|ær|ən|d}} {{respell|GARR|ənd}}, identical to the pronunciation of John Garand's surname.<ref>{{cite book |last=Hatcher |first=Julian S. |author-link=Julian Hatcher |date=1983 |orig-year=1948 |edition=Reprint |title=The Book of the Garand |location=Highland Park, New Jersey |publisher=Gun Room Press |isbn=0-88227-014-1 |page=1 |quote=Pronounced with the ''G'' hard as in ''go'', and the stress on the first syllable, to rhyme with ''parent'' (except that the final sound is ''d'' instead of ''t'').}}</ref> However, a 1952 issue of ''Armed Forces Talk'', a periodical published by the [[United States Department of Defense|U.S. Department of Defense]], gives the pronunciation as {{IPAc-en|ɡ|ə|ˈ|r|æ|n|d}} {{respell|gə|RAND}}, saying "popular usage has placed the accent on the second syllable, so that the rifle has become the 'guh-RAND{{'"}}.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=The Development of the Garand |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kOkLauZ-GBoC&pg=RA1-PA10 |magazine=Armed Forces Talk |location=Washington, D.C. |publisher=Armed Forces Information and Education Division, Office of the Secretary of Defense |date=1952-01-18 |page=10 |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref> ''[[American Rifleman]]'' magazine, while acknowledging {{IPAc-en|ɡ|ə|ˈ|r|æ|n|d}} {{respell|gə|RAND}} as the pronunciation favored by U.S. servicemen, deemed either pronunciation valid.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.americanrifleman.org/content/garand-name-pronunciation-who-s-right/ |title=Garand Name Pronunciation: Who's Right? |last=Keefe IV |first=Mark A. |date=2012-03-12 |website=American Rifleman |publisher=The National Rifle Association of America |access-date=2022-05-02}}</ref>