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U. S. Army Captain C. Henry Goulette's First Year Registered Magnum
On June 6, 1935 a new .357 Registered Magnum, serial# 45888, Reg# 108, was shipped from the Smith and Wesson factory to Mr. C. Henry Goulette at 1232 N. Fremont Avenue in Tucson, Arizona. Like many of the very early Registered Magnums the revolver was shipped with an 8.75" barrel. It was equipped with a King Red Luminous Bead front sight (FS) on a King Ramp Reflector base, standard rear sight (RS) to match, blue finish, and checkered walnut grips with grip adaptor unattached (in the box.) There is a slight documentation anomaly between the factory letter and the Smith and Wesson Historical Foundation (SWHF) documentation in that the factory letter states red "post" FS and square notch RS, while the factory shipping invoice on file with the SWHF states red "bead 1/16" FS and standard RS - which for a bead FS would very likely be a U-notch. When Mr. (later Army Captain) Goulette ordered the Magnum in 1935 he stated "post or small bead" on the factory order form so that may have led to the conflicting documentation. Regardless, the Magnum today is wearing the King red bead 1/16" FS with U-notch RS, and also the extra . 38 Special U-notch RS slide is in the box. As requested the revolver was sighted in at 50 yards with .357 Magnum ammunition using a dead center hold. It would appear that the then 21 year old Mr. Goulette had hunting in mind when he paid $60 for his new Magnum in April of 1935.
Cheshawgan-Henry Goulette was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma on October 14, 1913. He was named for his great-great grandfather, a chief of the Menominee tribe of Indians in Wisconsin, and for his grandfather Goulette who came to America from France. He entered the reserve officers' training school at the Texas Military Institute, San Antonio, Texas, in September 1929 where he became known as "Chief". On April 20, 1935 (now living in Tucson, Arizona) he placed an order accompanied with his $60 payment for a new .357 Magnum with the Smith and Wesson factory. (Note this was only 3 days after the very first production .357 Magnum with Reg#1 was presented to Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI.) On April 23, 1935 the Smith and Wesson factory acknowledged receipt of the order, assigned it Reg# 108, and on June 6, 1935 the new Magnum was shipped to Mr. Goulette. Based on the condition of the gun today (described below) it appears he found time to do some hunting with it while continuing with his schooling. He subsequently attended the University of Arizona where he received his Bachelor of Science degree on May 12, 1942. He was in ROTC at the University of Arizona and was commissioned as an Army 2nd Lieutenant upon graduation. After graduation and commissioning he attended Armored Force School at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and later trained recruits at Camp Polk, Louisiana, and Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Lieutenant Goulette took his Division Officers' Training Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was subsequently assigned to Camp Campbell. Promoted to Captain in March 1943, he went overseas in January 1944 as an Anti-Tank Company Commander in the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division. He served in Africa, participated in the Anzio, Italy landing, and was killed on October 1, 1944 by sniper fire while on a reconnaissance mission near Rupt-Sur-Moselle, France. "He had elected to make the reconnaissance by himself because of the inherent danger" is part of the inscription on his headstone. His remains were eventually returned from France to Tucson, Arizona for burial on June 11, 1948. He was posthumously awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one Bronze Service Star, the Purple Heart Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
I purchased Registered Magnum Serial# 45888, Reg# 108 from Jim Nedela (jamned) in 2014 at one of the OGCA shows. It was not my first Pre-War Magnum but it was my first Registered Magnum. I must credit Jim with nearly all of the research on Captain Goulette (which is even more exhaustive than I have included in this post. For example, it includes provenance on Captain Goulette's father, Jefferson Davis Goulette, an oil development construction engineer who knew Chief Sitting Bull and was actually at the location of the Custer battlefield at Little Bighorn 3 days after the battle with a party of prospectors.) I merely obtained a few better quality pictures available on Ancestry.com, and also obtained the documentation from the SWHF. Today the revolver remains in approximately 97% beautiful original finish condition and is all serial number matching including grips; it does appear that Captain Goulette was able to do some hunting with it prior to going overseas as there is slight thinning of the blue finish on the left side of the barrel and some light muzzle and high edge wear that appears to be from riding in a holster. The gun obviously did not go to war overseas. The gun came to me from Jim in what appears to be the original blue picture box (large first style with picture showing the Reg Mag with grip adaptor attached) and with the extra .38 Special RS blade that these guns were shipped with. Captain Goulette ordered the revolver with the grip adaptor unattached, and there was no grip adaptor with it when I got it from Jim. However, since the early Reg Mags with service style grips were shipped with a Wesson grip adaptor (either attached or in the box), I obtained an original Wesson adaptor to put with this gun. I subsequently attached the adapter so that it matches the picture on the box; I like the look of the gun and feel of the grip when the adaptor is attached. I also have added an original Caution Sheet, Helpful Hints Brochure, and green material and workmanship guarantee sheet to the box contents. I have taken the gun to the range one time and as expected it shoots high over 20 meter plates using a 6 o'clock hold with .38 Special 158GR Plated Semi-Wadcutters; the gun appears to still be sighted in at 50 yards with .357 Magnum ammunition as it left the factory. It will stay that way (at least for as long as I own it) because I really don't want to fool around with those tiny screws. I know what you're thinking - I need to put some .357 Magnum ammunition through it on targets at 50 yards to verify the factory sighting. Maybe someday.
I consider myself fortunate to be the temporary caretaker of a revolver that was a prized possession of a man that willingly gave everything for his country, and I am honored to share part of his story as it relates to his magnificent Registered Magnum. Below are some pictures and documents supporting my story - it's a story I felt should be shared with the Forum. I hope you enjoy reviewing it as much as I have enjoyed preparing it.
RIP Captain Goulette.
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Beautiful gun and excellent research from you and Jim! This really deserves an article in the SWCA Journal (but it is easy for me to volunteer others ). Enjoy!
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Incredible, thanks for sharing the photos and all of that history!!!
A great "If this gun could talk" story.
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Great gun and even better story! Thanks for sharing.
I do find it interesting that he was killed in October 1944 and the newspaper with his obituary stating that his remains were being returned from overseas was almost 4 years later in June 1948. For those of you who are WWII experts, was that common for remains to not be returned for almost 4 years?
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Another outstanding post and documented story of a member from "America's Greatest Generation" who made the ultimate sacrifice for the freedoms we all enjoy today. Very well done.
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For those of you who are WWII experts, was that common for remains to not be returned for almost 4 years?
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Not an expert, but soldiers were commonly buried near where they fell. If families wanted to repatriate the remains at a later time they could do so.
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An incredibly interesting and beautifully detailed history about one of Smith & Wesson's premier revolvers and the man who owned it.
The gun, itself, is magnificent.
The original post with its photos and documentation is what makes this forum worthwhile.
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Wonderful RM package and tribute to the man who first owned it. Well Done!!!
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beautiful registered Magnum Rest in piece Captain Goulette
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Beautiful gun - I would not be able to resist shooting it - probably a Lot! But I also get the desire to leave the sights alone as the factory set them.
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Thanks Bill. That sounds interesting. I'll look into that.
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Beautiful gun and a very interesting story ! I would love to read All of the research that was dug up on Captian Goulette.
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More on Reg Mag 108
Thanks Terry for posting this gun. Sure is great to see it again. I wanted to let you know how I acquired it. Some of the Goulette family lives around here as members of the Chippewa Indian Tribe. One of them took this gun to a nearby sporting goods store & traded it off. Jays Sporting Goods is a very large, over 20,000 square foot store with over 300 employees. A collector friend of mine has a son that works there behind the gun counter. He was told about the Smith & alerted his father, who went down & purchased it for the trade-in value of 700.00!! (wish that could have been me). He brought it over to my house, but was not selling it. I made him promise he would let me know when it came up for sale. Oh, by the way, there was no box at that time. It was found at the store a couple weeks later by an employee, asking if it was something they wanted or should she just toss it. My friend's son rescued it & it came over to my house a second time, with the box! Again not for sale. A few weeks later I got a call from a second collector friend who announced that he had traded for the Reg Mag, & did I want to make a deal on it? Wasted no time going over & buying it, nearly 10 times the original 700.00 purchase! This is getting way to long, hope you get that article for the Journal done. It kind of surprised me that so many collectors are as interested in this history as I am. I really enjoyed doing it. Jim.
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It's a small world ! I also attended the Univ. of Arizona in 1942 and lived not to far from the Fremont Ave address for Mr. Goulette, which was at that time on the northern outskirts of Tucson near the Rillito River wash, a favorite shooting/hunting area for Tucson citizens. I spent many a day hunting & shooting there. WW2 meat rationing was in full force, but fat cottontails were not rationed ! It's quite possible I encountered Mr Roulette & his Reg Mag. while hunting in the area, as Tucson was a small city then and most of the hunters in that northern area knew each other, or of each other. Ed.
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Absolutely outstanding!
What a fine revolver and a piece of history.
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Congratulations on having a historic revolver with excellent research! I will second the suggestions of others that you format your information into an article for the SWCA Journal. It won't be difficult at all with the facts and images which you already have. The Journal editor can give you some help if you need it. I also encourage you to continue to search for info on Capt. Goulette. Any time you run across a book or document which refers to any of his campaigns you should search for his name. Sometimes spending an afternoon in a large bookstore like Barnes and Noble in their WWII section will yield a hit or two.
Guns such as yours with the detailed history also make excellent subjects for a "Single Gun" display at the annual SWCA Symposium. I would love to see yours there in an upcoming one.
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It's a small world ! I also attended the Univ. of Arizona in 1942 and lived not to far from the Fremont Ave address for Mr. Goulette, which was at that time on the northern outskirts of Tucson near the Rillito River wash, a favorite shooting/hunting area for Tucson citizens. I spent many a day hunting & shooting there. WW2 meat rationing was in full force, but fat cottontails were not rationed ! It's quite possible I encountered Mr Roulette & his Reg Mag. while hunting in the area, as Tucson was a small city then and most of the hunters in that northern area knew each other, or of each other. Ed.
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That is quite a coincidence! I'm pretty sure that if you had encountered Mr. Goulette around Tucson that RM would have been in your collection for the last 75 years. I'm also sure that another difference between you and Goulette is that you didn't order a first year RM when he did or we would all have heard about it by now.
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Bob, I didn't have $60 in 1935 that I could spend on a Reg. Mag, or I would have ! I later acquired Reg. Mag # 100, which was shipped to the Hollywood Gun shop for Jimmie Stewart - a close Reg. # to Mr. Goulettes.RM # 105. Jimmie was a close shooting & hunting buddy of Gary Cooper & Clark Gable and when they saw Jimmie's RM, they both had to have one. I bought Gary's RM from his widow, Rockie, and Ron Peterson owns Gables RM, but would not sell it to me, so I never achieved the RM Trifecta for those 3 RMs. I guess you can't win them all! Ed.
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On June 6, 1935 a new .357 Registered Magnum, serial# 45888, Reg# 108, was shipped from the Smith and Wesson factory to Mr. C. Henry Goulette at 1232 N. Fremont Avenue in Tucson, Arizona. Like many of the very early Registered Magnums the revolver was shipped with an 8.75" barrel. It was equipped with a King Red Luminous Bead front sight (FS) on a King Ramp Reflector base, standard rear sight (RS) to match, blue finish, and checkered walnut grips with grip adaptor unattached (in the box.) There is a slight documentation anomaly between the factory letter and the Smith and Wesson Historical Foundation (SWHF) documentation in that the factory letter states red "post" FS and square notch RS, while the factory shipping invoice on file with the SWHF states red "bead 1/16" FS and standard RS - which for a bead FS would very likely be a U-notch. When Mr. (later Army Captain) Goulette ordered the Magnum in 1935 he stated "post or small bead" on the factory order form so that may have led to the conflicting documentation. Regardless, the Magnum today is wearing the King red bead 1/16" FS with U-notch RS, and also the extra . 38 Special U-notch RS slide is in the box. As requested the revolver was sighted in at 50 yards with .357 Magnum ammunition using a dead center hold. It would appear that the then 21 year old Mr. Goulette had hunting in mind when he paid $60 for his new Magnum in April of 1935.
Cheshawgan-Henry Goulette was born in Shawnee, Oklahoma on October 14, 1913. He was named for his great-great grandfather, a chief of the Menominee tribe of Indians in Wisconsin, and for his grandfather Goulette who came to America from France. He entered the reserve officers' training school at the Texas Military Institute, San Antonio, Texas, in September 1929 where he became known as "Chief". On April 20, 1935 (now living in Tucson, Arizona) he placed an order accompanied with his $60 payment for a new .357 Magnum with the Smith and Wesson factory. (Note this was only 3 days after the very first production .357 Magnum with Reg#1 was presented to Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of the FBI.) On April 23, 1935 the Smith and Wesson factory acknowledged receipt of the order, assigned it Reg# 108, and on June 6, 1935 the new Magnum was shipped to Mr. Goulette. Based on the condition of the gun today (described below) it appears he found time to do some hunting with it while continuing with his schooling. He subsequently attended the University of Arizona where he received his Bachelor of Science degree on May 12, 1942. He was in ROTC at the University of Arizona and was commissioned as an Army 2nd Lieutenant upon graduation. After graduation and commissioning he attended Armored Force School at Fort Knox, Kentucky, and later trained recruits at Camp Polk, Louisiana, and Camp Campbell, Kentucky. Lieutenant Goulette took his Division Officers' Training Course at Fort Benning, Georgia, and was subsequently assigned to Camp Campbell. Promoted to Captain in March 1943, he went overseas in January 1944 as an Anti-Tank Company Commander in the 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division. He served in Africa, participated in the Anzio, Italy landing, and was killed on October 1, 1944 by sniper fire while on a reconnaissance mission near Rupt-Sur-Moselle, France. "He had elected to make the reconnaissance by himself because of the inherent danger" is part of the inscription on his headstone. His remains were eventually returned from France to Tucson, Arizona for burial on June 11, 1948. He was posthumously awarded the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with one Bronze Service Star, the Purple Heart Medal, and the World War II Victory Medal.
I purchased Registered Magnum Serial# 45888, Reg# 108 from Jim Nedela (jamned) in 2014 at one of the OGCA shows. It was not my first Pre-War Magnum but it was my first Registered Magnum. I must credit Jim with nearly all of the research on Captain Goulette (which is even more exhaustive than I have included in this post. For example, it includes provenance on Captain Goulette's father, Jefferson Davis Goulette, an oil development construction engineer who knew Chief Sitting Bull and was actually at the location of the Custer battlefield at Little Bighorn 3 days after the battle with a party of prospectors.) I merely obtained a few better quality pictures available on Ancestry.com, and also obtained the documentation from the SWHF. Today the revolver remains in approximately 97% beautiful original finish condition and is all serial number matching including grips; it does appear that Captain Goulette was able to do some hunting with it prior to going overseas as there is slight thinning of the blue finish on the left side of the barrel and some light muzzle and high edge wear that appears to be from riding in a holster. The gun obviously did not go to war overseas. The gun came to me from Jim in what appears to be the original blue picture box (large first style with picture showing the Reg Mag with grip adaptor attached) and with the extra .38 Special RS blade that these guns were shipped with. Captain Goulette ordered the revolver with the grip adaptor unattached, and there was no grip adaptor with it when I got it from Jim. However, since the early Reg Mags with service style grips were shipped with a Wesson grip adaptor (either attached or in the box), I obtained an original Wesson adaptor from David Carroll (wordsmith) to put with this gun. I subsequently attached the adapter so that it matches the picture on the box; I like the look of the gun and feel of the grip when the adaptor is attached. I also have added an original Caution Sheet, Helpful Hints Brochure, and green material and workmanship guarantee sheet to the box contents. I have taken the gun to the range one time and as expected it shoots high over 20 meter plates using a 6 o'clock hold with .38 Special 158GR Plated Semi-Wadcutters; the gun appears to still be sighted in at 50 yards with .357 Magnum ammunition as it left the factory. It will stay that way (at least for as long as I own it) because I really don't want to fool around with those tiny screws. I know what you're thinking - I need to put some .357 Magnum ammunition through it on targets at 50 yards to verify the factory sighting. Maybe someday.
I consider myself fortunate to be the temporary caretaker of a revolver that was a prized possession of a man that willingly gave everything for his country, and I am honored to share part of his story as it relates to his magnificent Registered Magnum. Below are some pictures and documents supporting my story - it's a story I felt should be shared with the Forum. I hope you enjoy reviewing it as much as I have enjoyed preparing it.
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Hello, my name is Lionel PARET, I live in the Vosges, at Vagney, I do research on the GULET captain, he is not dead in Ferdrupt as it is said, he died at Lieudit LE CHANOIS, city of LE SYNDICAT next to VAGNEY.
two farmers, Mr PÉTIN and FELIX, accompanied him to indicate the German positions in the woods of FRESSE. They moved under cover of a little rock, at the exit of the rock, they were taken under fire, they jumped immediately into 2 different trenches by chance Mr PÉTIN, was covered, the captain was severely affected during malhreusement more than an hour, under fire of the enemy, the captain r*lera pain next to Mr PÉTIN, before going off... a first patrol will try to recover in vain around 16:15, failure, they are forced to retreat. At the end of the night, another patrol will create a diversion pour out Mr PÉTIN, but will not be able to recover the body of the captain valereux... I am currently in the process of trying to tell the story of Captain GOULETTE, we are looking for witnesses and pictures of the location of the attack located a few kilometers from home. Thanks to your forum, we learned much about the captain, thanks to your articles. Do you have more information, and you know the tr Captain still has family in the United States. Thank you and congratulations pour your items. Lionel
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Historic revolver but the heart of this post is the tribute to the Captain.
Remains would be returned to the states at the families request.
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09-25-2018, 12:12 AM
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Absent Comrade
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I agree, this is material for a splendid article.
Thanks to you and jamned for the fascinating history of that fine revolver.
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Oh well, what the hell.
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