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    Arrow Garand Picture of the Day # 208 Bulge

    Sgt. Tommy Lyons just back from a week in the front lines near the town of Murrigen during the Battle of the Bulge.
    Location: Belgiumicon
    Date taken: 1945
    Photographer: George Silk

    Found a Tommy Lyons assoicaited with the first Inf Div

    SGM Tommy Lyons 1st Cousin 1st Infantry Div


    First INf Div From Wikipedia

    The division laid siege to Aachen, taking the city after a direct assault on October 21, 1944.[2] The First then attacked east of Aachen through Hurtgen Forest, driving to the Roer, and moved to a rest area December 7, 1944 for its first real rest in 6 months' combat, when the Wacht Am Rhein offensive (commonly called the Battle of the Bulge) suddenly broke loose on December 16, 1944.[2] The division raced to the Ardennes, and fighting continuously from December 17, 1944 to January 28, 1945, helped blunt and turn back the Germanicon offensive. Thereupon, the division attacked and again breached the Siegfried Line, fought across the Roer, February 23, 1945, and drove on to the Rhine, crossing at the Remagen bridgehead
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    is it me or is his sling backwards?

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    Quote Originally Posted by davfink View Post
    is it me or is his sling backwards?
    Yes it is backwards
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    It looks like he drop a grenade.....Frank

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    It looks like his circumstances are such that having his sling on backwards is not of great concern. The loose grenade would need to be policed up. But then, maybe he just put it where he could find it in a hurry. JMHO. Sincerely. BruceV.
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