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    21 Feb 2024 Garand Picture of the Day - November 1942



    The 32nd Infantry Division with the M1icon Garand and M1903 Springfield rifles ready to disembark in Australiaicon during November 1942.

    Activated: 15 October 1940 (National Guard Division from Michigan and Wisconsin).

    Campaigns: New Guinea, Southern Philippines, Luzon.

    Distinguished Unit Citations: 14. Awards: MH-11 ; DSC-37 ; DSM-1 ; SS-657 ; LM-28; SM-77 ; BSM-2,403 ; A11-95.

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    Maj. Gen. Irving A. Fish (October 1940March 1942)
    Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Harding (March 1942-January 1943)
    Maj. Gen. William H. Gill (February 1943 to inactivation).

    Inactivated: 28 February 1946 in Japanicon. (See National Guard.)
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