In the Armory with Dustin DePue featuring the M1 Carbine

In this episode, Dustin DePue digs into our armory to look at the M1 Carbine. The M1 Carbine is a lightweight semi-automatic carbine chambered in the relatively diminutive .30 Carbine cartridge. It was designed specifically to bridge the gap between pistol-caliber firearms and the powerful 30-06 cartridge fired by the M1 Garand. It was perfect for officers and NCO’s and was the standard issue shoulder-arm for noncombatants, vehicle and gun crews, and paratroopers. The M1 Carbine was in service in the U.S. from 1942 to 1972 and is still used in other parts of the world today. 

DUSTIN DEPUE is the Museum & Library’s Director of Collections. In this position, Dustin manages the Pritzker Military Museum & Library's Special Collections, Archives, and Digital Lab. Additionally, he and his team oversee the acquisition, preservation, cataloging, and display of archival collections, artifacts, photographs, prints, and posters. He holds a Masters in Library and Information Science from Dominican University and a B.A. in Fiction Writing from Columbia College Chicago.