Garand Picture of the Day #190 37th inf Div

**Mark in Rochester** · 07-24-2009 09:30 PM

Hide and Seek! SGT Paul Mascall, T/SGT George Sintetos, and PFC Albert Flagler, 37th Division search for Japanese icon

snipers on March 8, 1944 as the Japanese counterattack the U.S. Army XIV Corps Cape Torokina perimeter. (WW2 Signal Corps Photograph Collection.)

The 37th Infantry Division was a unit of the United States icon

Army in World War I and World War II. It was a National Guard division from Ohio, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division". Today it is the 37th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, with battalions from both Ohio and Michigan.

more here: 37th Infantry Division (United States - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)

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**frankderrico** · 07-25-2009 09:11 AM

Hey Mark, that is a good pic of the day.....Frank

**gunner** · 07-25-2009 09:44 AM

Good pic from an really bad job.

Gunner

**us019255** · 07-25-2009 10:31 AM

Notice how shiny the gas cyl. on the front Garand icon

is. Wouldn't want to try to hide with that one.

To bad modern finishing methods were not around then.

**0311Shooter** · 07-25-2009 11:30 AM

This doesn't "add up". The date is 1944 yet they are using Gas Traps?????

The guy in the back is kinda easing it, smoking while on patrol?

Plus, my DI FM Spady and later my Platoon Leaders always said "Don't BUNCH UP, one grenade will get you all".

**Bob Womack** · 07-25-2009 11:40 AM

My understanding is that during some of these island jobs, there was no "on" and "off" patrol - you were always on. As a result, you'd probably grab a smoke whenever you could.

Bob

**Ramboueille** · 07-25-2009 12:27 PM

Originally Posted by 0311Shooter

This doesn't "add up". The date is 1944 yet they are using Gas Traps?????

The guy in the back is kinda easing it, smoking while on patrol?

Plus, my DI FM Spady and later my Platoon Leaders always said "Don't BUNCH UP, one grenade will get you all".

They're not gas trap rifles, bayonet lug is too far forward. Most of these photos were staged for the Signal Corps photographers so they shouldn't be taken too seriously.

snakehunter · 07-26-2009 03:16 AM

When I was in the Army, it was "don't punch up one _snowflake_ will get you all"

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