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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[browningautorifle]

an M3 SMG

Wonder if he scammed it from a tanker at some point in a rear area? He'd have great traders for it...

[ROCK]

Also, web sling on the M1 on the left; usually see them in the European Theater.

[RCS]

There are photos of the US Army in France late Aug 1944 with the M3 SMG. Not that many M3 smg's issued compared to the
Thompson. I always like the Thompson 20 & 30 rd magazines better, smooth feeding too and easy to load. Try loading 30
rounds of 45 acp into a M3 magazine with your fingers even better in the winter. You have to have a M3 mag loader or the
improved M3A1 butt stock to load the magazine

[browningautorifle]

the
improved M3A1 butt stock

I always had the buttstock to help load. I didn't have to load out in the field but it was still flawless to use. Loading bare handed is the same for any single presentation staggered box...almost impossible after a few rounds. Looks like the cocking handle at his fingers, an M3...not A1.

The web rifle sling is the early flat slider, I had a 1944 marked one so it makes sense. Just a new issue...

[RCS]

They used the M1 carbine sling on the M3 SMG

[browningautorifle]

They used the M1 carbine sling on the M3 SMG

Yes they did... I think originally the oiler too. Later it went into the pistol grip. The sling I speak of was mentioned on the rifle next to the M3.

[RCS]

Jim, Your right, I have a web M1 rifle sling dated 1944 but have seen them dated 1943 too. looks like this outfit got all the new equipment

[browningautorifle]

have seen them dated 1943

I've heard that and heard of them not marked at all but never seen them. I had a 1944 flat slider here for a few years and sold it locally for $100CDN... It was cherry too.