13-3-31 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

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[Bob Womack]

Winter gear, thank goodness.

Bob

[browningautorifle]

Yuk...winter warfare...even with winter kit it sucks.

[Flying10uk]

Do you have a date for the picture please Mark?

[Mark in Rochester]

Do you have a date for the picture please Mark?

No date, I was searching on Belgium so this would put in December-January 1944

Snow started showing up around 19 December if that helps

[fjruple]

It does look cooold!!

--fjruple

[Flying10uk]

Around the Battle of the Bulge time then.

So would those U.S. cargo trucks in the 2nd photo be diesel or petrol powered? If diesel I'm guessing that they would be having problems with the fuel freezing/waxing.

[Paul S.]

I'm guessing petrol powered and not diesel because the one facing the wrong way at the side of the road has a 'GASLOLINE' sign on its front end. I'd guess they were using it (that truck) as a mobile filling station, hence the sign.

[browningautorifle]

they were using it (that truck) as a mobile filling station, hence the sign.

That's the way I took it too.

[Flying10uk]

I didn't notice the gasoline sign probably due to the small screen of my lap top and so assumed that the truck on the side had simply broken down.