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Born in the small town of Godwin (Cumberland County) in 1900, David Marshall “Carbine” Williams was the creator of the M-1 Carbine, the U.S. Army’s favorite semi-automatic rifle during World War II.
See the original workshop of David Marshall Williams, better known as Carbine. The self-taught gunsmith from North Carolina helped design the U.S. Carbine, Caliber .30, M1, which became a favorite weapon of American forces in World War II, the Korean War, and the early years of Vietnam.
David Marshall (Carbine) Williams, firearms inventor, was born in Cumberland County, the first of seven children of James Claud and Laura Kornegay Williams (his father had four other children by a previous marriage).
Carbine Williams: Directed by Richard Thorpe. With James Stewart, Jean Hagen, Wendell Corey, Carl Benton Reid. David Marshall Williams is sent to a prison farm where he works in the tool shop and eventually develops the precursor of the famous M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in World War II.
Jan 8, 2016 · On January 8, 1975, famed firearms inventor David “Carbine” Williams died. Born in Cumberland County in 1900, Williams worked for a railroad for a time while operating several illegal distilleries.
A convicted murderer of a sheriff's deputy, no less, he turned his prison experience into a tale of personal redemption and revolutionized the field of semi-automatic firearms for over a century. The Misspent Youth of David Marshall Williams.
Feb 12, 2018 · David “Carbine” Williams: From Bad Guy to Good Guy - Owlcation. Rupert Taylor. Updated: Oct 27, 2023 11:36 AM EDT. David "Carbine" Williams in about 1970. Public domain. What Type of Firearm Was Developed by David Williams? Very few people make the transition from convicted murderer to respected businessman.
