Garand Picture of the day # 122 - 406th INf

[Mark in Rochester]

.G.I.'s of the 406th Infantry (102nd US Infantry Division) celebrate the Red Army's fast advance in Eastern Germany




102inf div

Activated : Camp Maxey, Texas, September 15, 1942
Nickname : OZARK
Slogan : Distinction, Valour, Markmanship.
Overseas : September 12, 1944
Campaigns : Rhineland - Central Europe
Days of combat : 173
Returned to U.S. : March 11, 1946
Inactivated : March 23, 1946

[Mark in Rochester]

PFC William Curtis (left), of San Diego, CA, and Donald Stratton
(right), of Colville, WA, enjoy their Thanksgiving dinner in the
window of a shell-torn building in Waurichen, Germany, November
23, 1944. Both men are members of the HQ Company, 2nd Battalion,
406th Regiment, 102nd Infantry Division. Photo reprinted
courtesy

[19coupe55]

Hey Mark, do you have any pictures of the 100th Infantry Division,397th Anti-tank? Scott

[Mark in Rochester]

Staff Sergeant Sam Cahoon (Medic, 2d Battalion, 398th Infantry Regiment) in camouflage fatigues during Tennessee Maneuvers, December 1943.