{"id":13154,"date":"2021-05-17T05:59:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-17T12:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/?p=13154"},"modified":"2021-05-17T05:59:50","modified_gmt":"2021-05-17T12:59:50","slug":"the-2021-macmanus-1911-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/2021\/05\/17\/the-2021-macmanus-1911-award\/","title":{"rendered":"The 2021 MacManus 1911 Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month we had a quick trip back to New Jersey for the 2021 MacManus Award.\u00a0 You&#8217;ve read about the MacManus Award earlier on these pages.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the presentation of a 1911 .45 Auto to the outstanding Rutgers University Reserve Officers Training Corps graduating cadet.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 400px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/MacManus.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"491\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">US Army Captain Colin D. MacManus, Rutgers University \u201963.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The award honors Captain Colin D. MacManus, a US Army Airborne Ranger who was killed in action in Vietnam in 1967.\u00a0 Good buddies Dennis, Tim, Javier, and I revived the MacManus Award, and it&#8217;s a tradition we will keep alive.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_13159\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13159\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-13159 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210504_0007-750A-600.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210504_0007-750A-600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/20210504_0007-750A-600-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-13159\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 2021 MacManus Award, a Colt 1911 presented to Cadet Joseph Hom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/DSC_7894_0344-600-w-Groups-1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">The 1973 Colin D. MacManus 1911 and a couple of 5-shot, 25-yard hand held groups I fired with it.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>You know, I sometimes hear people my age talk about younger folks in a disparaging manner and lament a notion that young people today are somehow less motivated than we were.\u00a0 When I meet people like Joe Hom and his classmates, I know that&#8217;s not true.\u00a0 It&#8217;s reassuring and invigorating to meet these folks and when I do, I know our future is in good hands.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>You can read more about the MacManus award and other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ExhaustNotes.us\/Guns.html\">Tales of the Gun here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Never miss a thing&#8230;sign up here for free!<\/p>\n<div class=\"wpforms-container wpforms-container-full\" id=\"wpforms-32730\"><form id=\"wpforms-form-32730\" class=\"wpforms-validate wpforms-form wpforms-ajax-form\" data-formid=\"32730\" method=\"post\" enctype=\"multipart\/form-data\" action=\"\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13154\" data-token=\"613716879b62873d9e4626ef2d6f247a\" data-token-time=\"1792798635\"><noscript class=\"wpforms-error-noscript\">Please enable JavaScript in your browser to complete this form.<\/noscript><div class=\"wpforms-field-container\">\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-32730-field_1-container\"\n\t\t\tclass=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-type=\"text\"\n\t\t\tdata-field-id=\"1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t<label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-32730-field_1\" >Email<\/label>\n\t\t\t<input type=\"text\" id=\"wpforms-32730-field_1\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium\" name=\"wpforms[fields][1]\" >\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div id=\"wpforms-32730-field_2-container\" class=\"wpforms-field wpforms-field-email\" data-field-id=\"2\"><label class=\"wpforms-field-label\" for=\"wpforms-32730-field_2\">Email <span class=\"wpforms-required-label\">*<\/span><\/label><input type=\"email\" id=\"wpforms-32730-field_2\" class=\"wpforms-field-medium wpforms-field-required\" name=\"wpforms[fields][2]\" spellcheck=\"false\" required><\/div><script>\n\t\t\t\t( function() {\n\t\t\t\t\tconst style = document.createElement( 'style' );\n\t\t\t\t\tstyle.appendChild( document.createTextNode( '#wpforms-32730-field_1-container { position: absolute !important; overflow: hidden !important; display: inline !important; height: 1px !important; width: 1px !important; z-index: -1000 !important; padding: 0 !important; } #wpforms-32730-field_1-container input { visibility: hidden; } #wpforms-conversational-form-page #wpforms-32730-field_1-container label { counter-increment: none; }' ) );\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.head.appendChild( style );\n\t\t\t\t\tdocument.currentScript?.remove();\n\t\t\t\t} )();\n\t\t\t<\/script><\/div><!-- .wpforms-field-container --><div class=\"wpforms-submit-container\" ><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[id]\" value=\"32730\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"wpforms[time_token]\" value=\"1792798635.4458133d4bae7760b8e6e32c580a96adf47618684848a359dee8adce6c29a207\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_title\" value=\"\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"page_url\" value=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13154\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"url_referer\" value=\"\"><button type=\"submit\" name=\"wpforms[submit]\" id=\"wpforms-submit-32730\" class=\"wpforms-submit\" data-alt-text=\"Sending...\" data-submit-text=\"Submit\" aria-live=\"assertive\" value=\"wpforms-submit\">Submit<\/button><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/wpforms-lite\/assets\/images\/submit-spin.svg\" class=\"wpforms-submit-spinner\" style=\"display: none;\" width=\"26\" height=\"26\" alt=\"Loading\"><\/div><\/form><\/div>  <!-- .wpforms-container -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Earlier this month we had a quick trip back to New Jersey for the 2021 MacManus Award.\u00a0 You&#8217;ve read about the MacManus Award earlier on these pages.\u00a0 It&#8217;s the presentation of a 1911 .45 Auto to the outstanding Rutgers University Reserve Officers Training Corps graduating cadet. 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