11-157 Garand Picture of the Day

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Us Fifth Army In Italy
Amer. soldier washing up in water fr. his helmut which is sitting in a bowl stand in a stone farmhouse, on the Itallan front in the Appennine Mountains.
Location: Italy
Date taken: April 1945
Photographer: Margaret Bourke-White

OT bonus

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Notice the rifle has the rubber "Butt pad".....Frank

I saw that Frank, and if I was him I would have taken it off too.

Jim, you're right. I have one and it is as hard as a rock!.....Frank