The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 GarandIt all started because of a rifle. The Rifle is an inspirational story and hero's journey of a 28 year old U. S. Marine, Andrew Biggio, who returned home from combat in Afghanistan and Iraq, full of questions about the price of war. He found answers from those who survived the costliest war of all WWII veterans. It began when Biggio bought a 1945 M1 Garand Rifle, the most common rifle used in WWII, to honor his great uncle, a U. S. Army soldier who