16-284 Garand Picture of the Day - Colerized July 1944

[Mark in Rochester]

Three US infantrymen advance at a crouching run using a Bocage hedgerow and embankment as cover. This picture shows to advantage the close nature of fighting in Normandy bocage country where the Germans became adept at digging into these hedgerows turning each field into a potential ambush.
June/July 1944. (Colorized by Doug Banks)

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