10-152 Garand Picture of the Day - Berismenil, Belgium 1944

US infantrymen of 1st Army, 84th Div. digging trenches to protect themselves from constant enemy bombardment (note man killed in foreground) during last major German offensive of WWII, the Battle of the Bulge.
Location: Berismenil, Belgium
Date taken: December 1944


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http://www.history.army.mil/document...b/84ID-ETO.htm

Distinguished Service Cross 18
Legion of Merit 4
Silver Star 598
Soldiers Medal 40
Bronze Star 3,416
Air Medal 59


Casualties (Tentative)

Killed 1,235
Wounded 4,486
Missing 416
Captured 424
Battle Casualties 6,561
Non-Battle Casualties 3,250
Total Casualties 9,811
Percent of T/O Strength 69.6

Chronology

Activated 15 October 1942
Arrived ETO 1 October 1944
Arrived Continent (D+158) 1 November 1944
Entered Combat--First Elements 9 November 1944
Entered Combat--Entire Division 18 November 1944
Days in Combat 152