2-13-18 Garand Picture of the Day 88th inf div

[Mark in Rochester]

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[Daan Kemp]

As many guards as POW.

[Bill Hollinger]

As many guards as POW.

The "guards" have force multipliers. They are called guns.

[Ovidio]

The "guards" have force multipliers. They are called guns.

They probably didn't even need them. If the picture is from late '44 or already from '45 then I guess that many of these German guys were actually relieved to be prisoners of the Yankees.
One or two look quite ****ed, but the others seem to feel good enough to be smiling.

[browningautorifle]

They probably didn't even need them.

This is probably the rifle platoon that captured them. POWs were handled by MP platoon and they are identifiable easily by uniform markings. These guys aren't them so I suggest this is ahead of rear ech. It only takes one man with a shotgun to guard many...who wants the first dose of buckshot? The war is over for a prisoner, why chance getting killed at the end of a losing venture, which they had at that point?

[rayg]

Hey fellows want a photo with the POW's? Probably just misc troops from the company that were hanging around invited to get in to the photo with the POW's

[browningautorifle]

just misc troops from the company that were hanging around

Maybe, but those guys have bandoleers and such on them as if they're involved. Not really hangers around...