10-070 GarandPicture of the Day

[Snafu]

G.I.'s of 3rd battalion/8th Infantry (4th Infantry Division) in Hurtgen Forest. Near Schwarzenbroich Manor/Schevenhütte, November 18, 1944.

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[Bob Seijas]

Interesting story from that battle: a tired GI like these guys was sitting against a tree when a German officer stepped around from the back of it, put his Luger to the GI's head, and pulled the trigger. The pistol went "Click," the Yank whirled and shot the German dead. When they examined the Luger, they found it had misfired because of a mismatched sideplate that didn't fit quite right. Europe never had SA's fanaticism about interchangeability.

[ledge]

Germany did over engineer anything.