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    24 May 2021 Garand Picture of the Day



    Army Maneuvers In Louisiana
    Date taken: 1941
    Photographer: Ralph Morse


    The Louisiana Maneuvers were a series of major U.S. Army exercises held in 1941 in northern and west-central Louisiana, an area bounded by the Sabine River to the west, the Calcasieu River to the east, and by the city of Shreveport to the north. The area included Fort Polk, Camp Claiborne and Camp Livingston. The exercises, which involved some 400,000 troops, were designed to evaluate U.S. training, logistics, doctrine, and commanders. Similar U. S. Army field exercises carried out in the fall of 1941 included the Arkansas Maneuvers in August and the Carolina Maneuvers in November.

    Many Army officers present at the maneuvers later rose to very senior roles in World War II, including Omar Bradley, Mark Clark, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Walter Krueger, Samuel E. Anderson, Lesley J. McNair, Joseph Stilwell, and George Patton.
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    The tanks of George Patton's Second Army encircled the Third Army. He set up his tanks overlooking the Second Army headquarters until the umpires forced him to withdraw. Oh, my.

    According to Generals Bradley and Blair, “Patton broke all the old fashioned rules, smashing his mechanized forces ever onward with dazzling speed and surprise.”

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    So, a reversed negative here? No bayonets visible which should be on the left side would suggest, and wouldn't expect to find so many southies in one place. I just can't make out op handles...
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    I wonder where the Carolina exercises were. Went out to Camp Croft (Spartanburg) last year looking for the rifle range.
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    I wonder where the Carolina exercises were. Went out to Camp Croft (Spartanburg) last year looking for the rifle range.
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    Link to THE U.S. ARMY GHQ MANEUVERS OF 1941

    https://history.army.mil/html/books/...ub_70-41-1.pdf
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Womack View Post
    “Patton broke all the old fashioned rules, smashing his mechanized forces ever onward with dazzling speed and surprise.”
    Didn't somebody call that "blitzkrieg"?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Seijasicon View Post
    Didn't somebody call that "blitzkrieg"?
    Indeed.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Bob Womack View Post
    The tanks of George Patton's Second Army encircled the Third Army. He set up his tanks overlooking the Second Army headquarters until the umpires forced him to withdraw. Oh, my.

    According to Generals Bradley and Blair, “Patton broke all the old fashioned rules, smashing his mechanized forces ever onward with dazzling speed and surprise.”

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    Bob-- I understand that the umps made him withdrawal as he went outside of the exercise area to come in behind the Second Army Headquarters. LOL I think Patton made his point.

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    Quote Originally Posted by fjruple View Post
    Bob-- I understand that the umps made him withdrawal as he went outside of the exercise area to come in behind the Second Army Headquarters. LOL I think Patton made his point.
    Sounds like him!

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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    So, a reversed negative here? No bayonets visible which should be on the left side would suggest, and wouldn't expect to find so many southies in one place. I just can't make out op handles...
    Yeah, I can just make out the op rod handle on the closest "left handed" M1icon rifle!
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