13-Bonus

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Three U.S. soldiers install a telephone campaign in a cellar in the heart of Saint Lo.
See here the identity of three men:
Source:
Image Bank WW2
Image number: 8440
Collection: Nederlands Instituut voor Oorlogsdocumentatie
Caption: U.S. Signalmen install communications in St. Lo.
Private George E. Satterfield, U.S. Signal Corps telephone operator, gets through to American forces advancing in Western Normandy after setting up a switchboard in an abandoned distillery in St. Lo, hinge city of the Nazi defense line in Western Normandy which was taken by American forces July 18, 1944. The signalmen who set up the board with Private Satterfield are Private Bernard Galiszwewski of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (left), and Corporal Harry J. Truner of Jersy City. New Jersey

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"Cry Baby", I'd sure like to have that M1 rifle!

So artfully written!

29th ID, first line unit to get the new M1 in 1938 :)