Garand Picture of the Day #230 June 10, 1944

[Mark in Rochester]

US patrol stopping in yard of farmhouse after killing a German sniper hiding inside on the 5th day of the Allied invasion of France.
Location: Varreville, Normandy, France
Date taken: June 10, 1944

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[BruceV]

Your pictures of the ETO and PTO in WWII are uniformly excellent. This example is of that quality. Thank you. Sincerely. BruceV.

[Mark in Rochester]

Your pictures of the ETO and PTO in WWII are uniformly excellent. This example is of that quality. Thank you. Sincerely. BruceV.

Bruce

Thank you for your kind words. Truly, the images are the work of dedicated combat and state side photographers. Below are just a few. The Meaning of their work ,probably overlooked at the time, now takes on greater importance now as so many of that generation answer the final roll call.

Ralph Morse
Margaret Bourke-White
Bob Landry
William Vandivert
William C. Shrout
George Silk
W. Eugene Smith
Leonard Mccombe