17-026 Garand Picture of the Day - Gas Trap - West Point

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West Point Essay


Date taken:1941

Alfred Eisenstaedt

This one is worthy of the GCA Journal

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Very nice...one year later, he was commanding a rifle platoon in Guadalcanal...

What is the pouch under the left arm? Map case?

Richard, looks like the period gas mask

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