15-300 Garand Picture of the Day - 5th Rangers D Day

[Mark in Rochester]

E Co men in their British LCA ready for the D-Day operation –
back row, from L to R > 1st Sgt Sandy MARTIN Jr (ASN 35201316) and Tec 5 Joseph J. MARKOWITZ (ASN 32534313) –
front row, from L to R > Cpl John B. LOSHAVIO and Pfc Frank E. LOCKWOOD (ASN 32796105)

Sandy Martin Jr.
First Sergeant, U.S. Army
5th Ranger Battalion
Entered the Service From: Kentucky
Service #: 35201316
Date of Death: June 07, 1945
Memorialized:
Tablets of the Missing

Normandy American Cemetery
Colleville-sur-Mer, France

Awards
Bronze Star
Purple Heart

The other three are not listed in US Cemetery ABMC Burials and Memorializations



Biography of Victor J. "Baseplate" Miller

Sgt., Co. E, 5th Ranger Battalion, U.S.A.
My Life With the Rangers
http://www.justinmuseum.com/oralbio/millervjbio.html


It might have been mid-morning when we heard a call that an armored vehicle was approaching. They called for Joey Markowitz. He was our bazooka man, and he had carried his bazooka ashore on D-Day, lugged it ever since all across France and around in Germany, and we had never encountered an armored vehicle before. The men in the vehicle saw the mines and stopped to look. Joey ran over to the area, loaded his bazooka and fired. He apparently hit it, for they called to us that the men in the vehicle had jumped out and ran into the woods! Joey was proud! He went down with the riflemen to inspect his prize. Then, the others went back to their positions but Joey stayed-but too long! The next shout to us was that the German soldiers came back out of the woods, captured Joey, and they all disappeared back into the forest!

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[Bob Seijas]

I always loved this picture because I still smoke Luckies LSMFT!

[Tom in N.J.]

I smoked Lucky Strikes and their big brother Pall Mall in the service ($1.90 a carton). After by-pass surgery and stent placement I would recomend not smoking at all....

[25-5]

I always enjoy these pics. As I look at them I wonder if they made it home. Wondering allows for hope. Knowing is a double edged sword.