4 Sept 2023 Garand Picture of the Day

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

thirty day furlough at home, plus two months of travel time. Every soldier pictured here received The Purple Heart in the battle of Dillingen, Germany, February 6, 1945.

Thus, the smiles I suppose.
Men like these knew sacrifice and privation, came home and built a better country and did their best to make our country and the world a better place.