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Eugene Morrison Stoner (November 22 1922 — April 24 1997) is the man most associated with the AR-15 rifle adopted by the US military as the M16. He is regarded by some historians along with John Browning and Mikhail Kalashnikov as one of the most successful firearms designers of the 20th century.Eugene Stoner attended high school in Long Beach and afterwards worked for the Vega Aircraft Company installing armament. During World War II he enlisted for Aviation Ordnance in the U.S.
