8 June 2021 Garand Picture of the Day - Okinawa May 1945

[Mark in Rochester]

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[Bill Hollinger]

Smallest guy in the unit gets the BAR!

[RCS]

carrying handle was adopted late in WW2 but never seen in photos, even early Korean War BAR's are without handle.

[RASelkirk]

My uncle Jack was on an LST and one of my dad's friends was in Infantry on Okinawa. So many questions now with no possibility of answers...

Russ

[Glynn863]

One of my great uncles was WIA on Okinawa, serving with the Army's 96ID. He was originally in a "whiz-kid" type of Military Intelligence unit at the University of Wisconsin, being trained as a codebreaker and the like. However, about the time they reached California for debarkation, they were "converted" to an Infantry battalion. Sadly, they suffered horrible casualties, especially on Okinawa. I think less than 25% survived the war. Uncle Bill passed away in 2000.