3-7-18 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

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[BEAR]

Attachment 91124Glider troops inside a Horsa glider

BEAR

[Cosine26]

We just buried one today. He joined the Army Air Corps before WWII. He showed me his original dog tags. They were a one inch steel metal circle on which his name and service number were hand stamped individual characters, one at a time. Our armed forces were in sad shape in those days.He ended up supporting the gliders that landed in Festung Europa (SP)?), After the troops moved froward,he was sent to the continent to evaluated how many were reusable. His answer-"Not Many"!. He was 96.Remained in service after WWII and retired after 30 year from the USAF as a major.
FWI

[CINDERS]

"The Greatest Generation" sadly over the coming years will be like the WWI veterans a memory in our every day lives that like the former will never be forgotten.....!

[RichardX]

On the M-1 in foreground is that an M-3 cleaning rod attached to the side, handle down?

[Mark in Rochester]

On the M-1 in foreground is that an M-3 cleaning rod attached to the side, handle down?

POD 3-6-18 shows a cleaning rod down the barrel - both Pics are of 325th Glider Inf. maybe this is a glider inf practice

[browningautorifle]

is that an M-3 cleaning rod attached to the side

Yes it is...