12-336 Garand Picture of the Day - Fort Campbell

[Mark in Rochester]

Soldiers during air transportation to training area at Fort Campbell.



Location:KY, US
Date taken:July 1959
Photographer:Grey Villet



note the unit

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[frankderrico]

Easy Co. 506th. PIR, quite the shine on the boots.....Frank

[Mark in Rochester]

[browningautorifle]

Other things aside, I see the individual without headress wearing a pistol belt with two carbine 30 rd mag pouches. His personal weapon seems to be a rifle. Also he has two Carlisle pouches. Interesting...

[frankderrico]

Mark, is that Mallary in the helmet liner and raincoat?.....Frank

[ABPOS]

I think the picture is addressed to "Mallary" and the signer is Dick Winters. The infamous Major Dick Winters of Band of Brothers. I think that's him with the helmet on.

Are those 30 round Carbine mag pouches?

That first pic is sweet. I don't normally see pics of a guy with a garand jumping out of a helicopter.

[frankderrico]

I believe the term would be the Famous Maj. Winters.
It does looks like him in the first photo but I thought his service ended after he was recalled in 1951.
The date and the pics confused me.....Frank

[browningautorifle]

Dick Winters DID train officers for Korea...

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

RIP Major Winters. The only thing good about Dish Network is they rerun Band Of Brothers quite often. If anyone needs a good book this winter the Stephen Ambrose book Band Of Brothers (on which the series is based) is a wonderful book.

[Roadkingtrax]

RIP Major Winters. The only thing good about Dish Network is they rerun Band Of Brothers quite often. If anyone needs a good book this winter the Stephen Ambrose book Band Of Brothers (on which the series is based) is a wonderful book.

I can piggy back that with "Citizen Soldiers" by the same author....