5 Nov 2020 Garand Picture of the Day

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US soldier digging foxhole with helmet during training exercises. '3-27-44. Paik. S/Sgt. Benedict C. Rodel from Olivia, Minn. [Minnesota] of F Co. 2nd Bn., 323rd Inf., 81st Div. digging slit trench with steel helmet during air attack on maneuvers at Morro Bay, Calif. 168-L-44-1014.' Army Signal Corps photograph

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BIRTH 21 Mar 1917 Renville County, Minnesota, USA
DEATH 7 Aug 1990 (aged 73) Renville County, Minnesota, USA
BURIAL Saint Marys Cemetery Bird Island, Renville County, Minnesota,