The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand runs 9.1 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Shawn Compton (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.1 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 19 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.1 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 2,461 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Shawn Compton
Shawn Compton narrates 67 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 655 hours in all.
- Flying the SR-71 Blackbird: In the Cockpit on a Secret Operational Mission
- Democracy at Work: A Cure for Capitalism
- California Gold
- Death Sentence: The Inside Story of the John List Murders
- Kingdom of the Dead
About as long, on the Military (History) shelf
349 Military (History) audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Operator: Firing the Shots that Killed Osama bin Laden and My Years as a SEAL Team Warrior
- Killing the Rising Sun: How America Vanquished World War II Japan
- 81 Days Below Zero: The Incredible Survival Story of a World War II Pilot in Alaska's Frozen Wilderness
- Countdown 1945: The Extraordinary Story of the Atomic Bomb and the 116 Days That Changed the World
- 40 Thieves on Saipan: The Elite Marine Scout-Snipers in One of WWII's Bloodiest Battles
Computed from 170,512 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read October 21, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand is an audiobook by Andrew Biggio: a 9.1-hour unabridged recording, read by Shawn Compton, released June 1, 2021, on the Military (Biography & Memoir) and Military (History) shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.1 hrs
- Narrated by
- Shawn Compton
- Released
- June 1, 2021
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Military (Biography & Memoir), Military (History), Non-Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781705298626
How to listen to The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand free
New members at audiobooks.com get three free audiobooks with the trial.
Separately, the store's catalog carries more than 10,000 audiobooks that are always free to stream.
Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand as an audiobook?
The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand runs 9.1 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.
Is The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand?
The Rifle: Combat Stories from America's Last WWII Veterans, Told Through an M1 Garand is narrated by Shawn Compton.