10-163 Garand Picture of the Day - Normandy

**Mark in Rochester** · 06-22-2010 11:09 PM

American soldiers taking cover in a ditch near the town of Sauveur-le-Vicomte during the invasion of Normandy, France icon

; aka Operation Overlord or D-Day, print copied by TIME photographer Cynthia Johnson.
Location: Normandy, France
Date taken: June 1984

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**gunsmith II** · 06-26-2010 07:49 AM

A lot of action in this photo....

Abandoned German icon

Truck in the ditch with the driver's door open.

A jeep head down the road with three men.

And the MG set up at the far end of the rifle team.

**LimeyCarbineLover** · 06-26-2010 12:29 PM

They are almost certainly 505th PIR/ 82nd A/B troops judging by the large leg pockets on the trousers..
and dont forget the famous..M1943 folding shovel.....mounted in an upside down M1910 T handle shovel cover..

I will get my coat.....

Regards

LLoyd

**gunsmith II** · 06-27-2010 11:11 PM

But no folding stock carbine shown in the photo

You hold your disappointment with a strong upper lip "Limey"

**platte river kid** · 07-06-2010 11:10 PM

No mention of the canteens?

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