10-127 Garand Picture of the Day - West Point

West Point Essay
Date taken: 1941
Photographer: Alfred Eisenstaedt



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Would that ever be noisy!!!

I believe they are wearing earplugs.

Yes they are, but they're shooting into an enclosure which will funnel that earth shattering kaboom right back at them. Kinda like being at the muzzle of an anti tank gun!