Garand Picture of the day (Posting for Mark today)

[Snafu]

Soldier Looks out at Sea

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[ordnanceguy]

Snafu:

That is a neat pic. I don't know when it was taken but it may have been on D-Day 6/6/44. The ship is the USS LCI-326. It was manned by Coast Guardsmen and participated in the Salerno and Normandy landings. On D-Day it landed troops onto Utah Beach which is when I suspect this photo was taken.

The photo below show the 326 on another occasion. Note the laundry drying in the breeze.

Regards,
Charlie Flick

[frankderrico]

Did you see the naked sailor taking an improvised bath on the lower deck....Frank