Garand Picture of the Day #241 Philippines

[Mark in Rochester]

(L-R) US soldiers Ralph G. Payne and Albert F. Brown posing while on guard duty.
Location: Philippines
Date taken: 1942
Photographer: Carl Mydans

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[ARCHER 9505]

The Philippines, 1942. Those guys had a rough road ahead of them.

[ARCHER 9505]

Both men were assigned to Regimental Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 31st Infantry Regiment and died in captivity at CABANATUAN.

http://31stinfantry.org/Documents/Chapter%207.pdf

[ARCHER 9505]

Carl Mydans: Photographs, 1935-1958

[Bob Womack]

I love historic connections, but this is a sad one.