11-173 Garand Picture of the Day - Mathew Brady

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Members of the 3rd Infantry Platoon as photographed with Mathew Brady's original camera.
Location: VA, US
Date taken: August 1957
Photographer: Ed Clark
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Military personnel as photographed with Mathew Brady's original camera.
Location: Arlington, VA, US
Date taken: August 1957
Photographer: Ed Clark

What would the occasion be I wonder? I know that was about the time of the death of the last Civil War vet. Anyone know?

Love those Ridgeway caps :)

Ridgeways replaced by the baseball cap in the spring of 1964