10-228 Garand Picture of the Day - Bastogne

A US soldier firing his M1 Garand Semi-Automatic Rifle to an enemy position just 2 miles outside Bastogne.

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Bonus
In the spring of 1943, the 82nd All Americans became the first airborne division sent overseas. They left via troop ships from New England and landed in Casablanca, North Africa on May 10, 1943. From there, they moved by rail to Oujda and then by truck to Kairouan, Tunisia. That would be their departure point for the Division's first combat drop, the invasion of Sicily-Operation Husky.(


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Mark, those color photo's are great!! Love the truck & troopers. Also the lefty in bibs at Bastogne .....Frank

Just noticed the M1 leaning on the truck running board. Does it have a pad on the butstock?

dont think it is a pad - hard to say

It's the grenade launching slip on recoil pad. The one I have wouldn't pad much, it's hard as a nut.

Hi Jim, I zoomed it up to 350% and can see it. I have one to. Agree not much padding. (at least not after being so old) Does yours have the flaming bomb on the back?.....Frank

Yes Frank, flaming bomb and US. I wouldn't even try to put it on a rifle because of lack of stretch so it just sits.

Jim,, mine is the same. Just to show people.....Frank

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I could be wrong, but I think it is a 1903A1 used for rifle grenades

RCS, think your right.....Frank

Look close boys, you can see the rear sight drums. If I'm wrong, someone expand the pic and show us???

It could be an M1 ? need to enlarge the photo. The M7 Grenade Launcher was standardtized on March 5, 1943, two months before the photo - could be possible !

I showed this picture to my Dad and he said it looked like him standing next to truck facing camera. Have you any information on this picture. He was in the 82nd 505th. Landed in Casablanca May 10th. Jumped into Sicily, Italy, Normandy, Holland. Went through Bastogne, Siegfried Line, and Losheimergaben.Germany.