Coltautos.com Gun of the Month - January 2018
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Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number 558369 - U.S. Property marked pistol with original blue finish, issued to LTG Robert Milchrist Cannon in 1954. Pistol has punch-dot ordnance mark on the left side of the trigger guard, just above the Colt Verified Proof mark "VP".
Colt Model 1903 Pocket Hammerless .32 ACP serial number 558369 - U.S. Property marked pistol with original blue finish, issues to LTG Robert Milchrist Cannon in 1954. (right side)
Lieutenant General Robert Milchrist Cannon A member of Utah's prominent Cannon family, LTG Robert Milchrist Cannon was born on August 16, 1901 in Salt Lake City, Utah. General Cannon attended the University of Utah for two years before transferring to the United States Military Academy.
[Source: U.S. Military Academy]
He graduated in 1925, received a commission as a Second Lieutenant
in the Field Artillery branch, and was initially assigned to Fort
D.A. Russell, Wyoming. In 1927 Cannon completed the Army Air Corps
Primary Flying School. While stationed at Fort Sheridan, Illinois in
1928 Cannon married Josephine Riter (1902–1991), a member of another
family prominent in Utah.
In 1958 General Cannon was a participant in the ceremony used by the
Army to select World War II and Korean War remains for placement in
the Tomb of the Unknowns. From 1959 until his 1961 retirement
General Cannon served as commander of the Sixth United States Army. [Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Milchrist_Cannon]
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