The story revolves around David Marshall "Marsh" Williams, the inventor of the M-1 Carbine automatic rifle used in WWII. After being accused of shooting a federal officer while distilling moonshine, Marsh was initially sentenced to the chain gang, but later transferred to a prison farm under the supervision of Captain H.T. Peoples. Despite Marsh's troubled past, the Captain believed in his potential for reform and allowed him to work on a rifle in the prison tool shop, where he developed a working prototype by hand.
Carbine Williams
A prisoner discovers a new sense of direction in a prison farm's workshop, where he creates the prototype for the M-1 Carbine, a revolutionary automatic rifle that would play a pivotal role in World War II.
