9 Oct 2021 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

US troops stop to eat on the road to Agana, the capital of Guam, August 10, 1944. The United States took control of Guam after the Second Battle of Guam and turned the island into an important strategic foothold in the Pacific theater.

Pvt. William N. Wade, front and center, displays his helmet, punctured by a Japanese sniper near Barrigada, Guam, to his buddies, members of the Army's 77th Infantry Division, Aug. 23, 1944. From left, front row: Cpl. Harold Boyes of Ohio; Pvt. Wade; Pfc. William Kusch, Bayside, New York. Second row: Cpl. Joseph A. Hargraves of Massachusetts; Pfc. Willard Haus of Endicott, New York; Staff Sgt. Stephen Kelly of Brooklyn, New York; and Pvt. Joe Tremallo of Morristown, New Jersey.

William Nelson, Sr. Wade
20 Aug 1925 - 05 May 1996

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