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Show Former Gunnison Lad Achieves Fame By making several hits on the bull's-eye at ranges from 200 to 600 yeards, while at target practice in the Hawaiian Islands, Edgar David Radford, formerly of Gunnison, has qualified as an expert rifleman in the U. S. Marine Corps, according to an official target bulletin recently published at Marine Corps headquarters headquar-ters at Washington. It is customary for each Marine to shoot on the rifle range at least once a year, special instruction in the best methods to acquire skill with the rifle being given to each man individually. Marines who qualify are given badges bad-ges or medals, indicating the degree of skill they have attained. Firing is conducted on Marine Corps rifle ranges whenever climatic conditions permit. Edgar, who is the son of David Radford, formerly of this city, joined the Marine Corps at Salt Lakt City in September, 1922. In recent weeks he has been stationed with the Marines Ma-rines at Pearl Harbor in the Hawaiian Hawai-ian Island, winning his qualification while shooting on a nearby rifle range. |