3-12-18 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Puerto Rico Riots

Date taken:November 1950

Photographer:George Silk

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[browningautorifle]

By the faces, they look to have hand picked a bunch...for their linguistic abilities.

[Sarge1998]

Not so much a riot as a failed revolution, the belligerents attempted to assassinate Truman that month also.

[matthanne1]

The unit is from the Puerto Rican National Guard, in response to the Jayuya uprising.

[Woodsy]

I love that woody wagon in the background! It looks like it could be built on a 1949/50 Ford pickup chassis.