12-212a Bonus Garand Picture of the Day - Rangers

**Mark in Rochester** · 07-31-2014 12:41 PM

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troops of the Ranger Battalion in training with British Commandos, somewhere in the United Kingdom icon

. U.S. Rangers performed their first raid alongside British Commandos at Dieppe in 1942. (National Archives photo)

Darby and his Rangers return from a mission in 1944. (Photo courtesy of the Darby Foundation)

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**browningautorifle** · 07-31-2014 01:04 PM

Is that not a 1903 down on the far end?

**emmagee1917** · 07-31-2014 01:55 PM

Yep , prob'ly the squad's grenader . The first picture has another early BAR , but unlike the other one , this one looks to have had the wood fore end cut down for cooling .
Chris

**Bill Hollinger** · 07-31-2014 04:35 PM

That top picture looks more like the Aleutians to me.

**browningautorifle** · 07-31-2014 04:54 PM

I took the wood on this one to be the new style of BAR forend...

Originally Posted by emmagee1917

fore end cut down

**emmagee1917** · 07-31-2014 07:48 PM

Picture is blurry , so I'm not positive. The butt does not have a shoulder rest , so I assumed all early . I could be wrong .
Chris

**Paul S.** · 07-31-2014 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by Bill Hollinger

That top picture looks more like the Aleutians to me.

Most likely, it's the Loch. Small boats training was a part of syllabus.

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**CINDERS** · 07-31-2014 10:00 PM

There was also an RAF operative landed on Dieppe as part of the raid with a specific task in mind, his guard had orders if it looked that their capture was imminent then he was to kill the RAF person without hesitation from memory I do not think the RAF operative knew of the executive order.
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