laststandonzombieisland

Lubbock Morning Avalanche, December 17, 1953. WASHINGTON, Dec. 16 (INS) – Deputy Sheriff Dwight D. Eisenhower was presented with a nickel-plated .38-caliber revolver today to use if he’s ever called up for posse duty. Eisenhower tried the gun for size in his inside coat pocket after checking the chamber and twirling the cylinder to make sure it wasn’t loaded. The President, who is an honorary deputy sheriff, was given the weapon by the National Sheriff’s Association “to back up his authority in the event he is ever called upon for posse service.”

While Ike didn’t carry ivory-handled .45s wherever he went, unlike some WWII generals, he reportedly was a fine marksman and did poke lots of holes in paper over the years, as witnessed in the below epic shot of SACEUR along with Churchill and some guy named Omar.