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1-9-18 Garand Picture of the Day - 100th Inf Div
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01-07-2018 09:09 AM
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Looks like right about the time of the bulge...or just after...mud season...
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Yes, but they are a bit bunched up.
Dangerous if close to the enemy.
34a cp., btg. Susa, 3° rgt. Alpini
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Originally Posted by
Ovidio
if close to the enemy.
Rifles slung...you wouldn't let your guys do that if they were close...
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Yes, but I mean close enough for artillery fire.
They must be quite to the rear if they can walk that peacefully.
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Originally Posted by
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close enough for artillery fire
Yes...
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Trees haven't been shredded. Safe to assume that they are far enough back.
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Yep, the first memory those guys would share was the exploded trees...
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Could be anywhere really Ardennes or Hurtgen thing is what the G.I's found out the hard way in Hurtgen was if you laid flat as trained to do when the mortars or arty shells were coming in was that nearly all of them burst in the tree tops which increased the beaten zones apart from exposing more of ones body to it. Also the splinters caused by the tree shattering could be just as lethal as the shrapnel, best to hide in a hole or stand upright behind a tree.
Source ~ The Battle Of The Hurtgen Forest By Charles Whitting
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Walking like that, could be anywhere anytime. No combat damage to the area. Might even be in training somewhere.
Perhaps the telephone lines can give a lead. A pole resting on the left, signs of one on the right top [the box], probably were replaced.
Looks like a road block cleared from the heaped stuff on each side.
Road good condition, so no heavy traffic.
Miserable day.
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