10-228 Garand Picture of the Day - Bastogne

[Mark in Rochester]

A US soldier firing his M1 Garand Semi-Automatic Rifle to an enemy position just 2 miles outside Bastogne.



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In the spring of 1943, the 82nd All Americans became the first airborne division sent overseas. They left via troop ships from New England and landed in Casablanca, North Africa on May 10, 1943. From there, they moved by rail to Oujda and then by truck to Kairouan, Tunisia. That would be their departure point for the Division's first combat drop, the invasion of Sicily-Operation Husky.(

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