14 June 2023 Garand Picture of the Day

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Hurtgen Forrest!

[Mark in Rochester]

Hurtgen Forrest!

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In this 1944 photo titled “Firing Line” by photographer Tony Vaccaro, shows American soldiers in Germany’s Hurtgen Forest. (Photo courtesy Tony Vaccaro via AP)
Tony Vaccaro World War II photographer
By Richard Drew, AP Tony Vaccaro’s mother died in childbirth, and at a tender age he also lost his father to tuberculosis. By age 5, he was an orphan in Italy, enduring beatings from an uncle. As an American GI during World War II, he survived the Battle of Normandy. Now, a celebrated wartime and […]