11-228 Garand Picture of the Day

[Snafu]

Description
G.I's of the 9th Division prepare to move forward on February 27,1945 with a pair of M4A3 tanks of the 746th Tank Battalion.(rudeerude)

Information

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[Mark in Rochester]

GIs of C Company, 36th AIR, 9th Infantry Division at Geich, Germany, 11 December 1944.

Statistics 9TH iNF dIV.

ChronologyActivated 1 August 1940
Arrived UK 27 November 1943
Arrived Continent (D+4) 10 June 1944
Entered Combat 14 June 1944 [First elements in combat in North Africa 8 November 1942; entire Division entered combat NATOUSA 26 March 1943]
Days in Combat 264

Casualties

Wounded 16,961
Missing 750
Captured 868
Battle Casualties 22,292
Non-Battle Casualties 15,233
Total Casualties 33,864
Percent of T/O Strength 240.4

Campaigns1.Algeria-French Morocco

2.Tunisia
3.Sicily
4.Normandy
5.Northern France
6.Ardennes
7.Rhineland
8.Central Europe

Individual AwardsMedal of Honor 4

1.Distinguished Service Cross 86
2.Legion of Merit 6
3.Silver Star 1,789
4.Soldier's Medal 55
5.Bronze Star 5,518
6.Distinguished Flying Cross 1
7.Air Medal 124

Prisoners of War TakenTotal: 130,000

[RCS]

Note the foregrip on the M1A1 TSMG has the field upgrade reinforcing band. Later Thompson production changed the foregrip mount to a cheaper design which was not as durable as the original mount. The steel reinforcing band was very much like the later M1 carbine band onlt this band kept the mount from bending or breaking