13 Oct 2021 Garand Picture of the Day - Normandy then and now

[Mark in Rochester]

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[Bob Womack]

We had a couple of the floatation devices the soldiers were wearing around our house as I grew up.

Bob

[Bob Seijas]

Me too... they were for sale at every Army/Navy store for 50 cents.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

One think for sure.
We can thank Then/them for Now.
Thanks!

[Bob Womack]

I've always wondered about the guy being dragged ashore. He's got a massive widow's peak and receding hairline that hints of age. Officer? Did he make it?

Bob

[browningautorifle]

the guy being dragged ashore

The caption is... "Members of an American landing party help others whose landing craft was sunk by enemy action of the coast of France. These survivors reached Omaha Beach by using a life raft on June 6, 1944."

I think I saw a better description elsewhere but forget what the rest was.

[HOOKED ON HISTORY]

I've always wondered about the guy being dragged ashore. He's got a massive widow's peak and receding hairline that hints of age. Officer? Did he make it?

Bob

I almost brought that up in the previous post. I have always had the same questions as this has always been a prominent photo.

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He survived his name was Nick Russin

Thanks! I have wondered about this for many years.
RIP Mr. Russin and all those brave men who gave their lives and youth all those years ago.

[Mark in Rochester]

He survived his name was Nick Russin

Nicholas Russin died of complications from dementia on July 21, 1997, in the Butler State Veteran’s Hospital. He was 85.

[Bob Womack]

I found an entire history of the moment and those involved, HERE.

Bob