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21 Oct 2021 Garand Picture of the Day
Last edited by Mark in Rochester; 10-18-2021 at 11:49 AM.
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Lots of guys died drowning in the very fast stream of the river. The name Rapido means fast, so that was to be expected...
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Top pic, what are they carrying? It ain't gonna' to be lunches...
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Top pic, what are they carrying? It ain't gonna' to be lunches...
Jim-- They look like M1
/M5 smoke pots probably to cover the river crossing.
--Frank
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Originally Posted by
fjruple
smoke pots
Right, forgot about those. Ours were MUCH bigger. That would be it.
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Apparently the Battle of Rapido River actually took place crossing the Gari River and not the Rapido.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Rapido_River
The Rapido is famously depicted in the painting by Terence Cuneo which shows the night of 12/13 May 1944, when Sappers from 7, 59 and 225 Fld Companies, Royal Engineers, built an 80 foot Bailey Bridge whilst under constant enemy fire in under 12 hours.
The bridge was built as part of the Allies break-out of the Gustav Line. Work started at 5.45pm (12 May) and completed at 5.30am (13 May). The human cost was high; 15 sappers were killed and 57 (including 3 officers) wounded. The bridge was named 'Amazon Bridge'.
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This article seems to cover the General Clark Texas controversy a little better than than the one paragraph of his wikipedia page.
https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wor...k-w-clark.html
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Originally Posted by
fjruple
Jim-- They look like
M1/M5 smoke pots probably to cover the river crossing.
--Frank
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
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I do actually have the book on US ordnance too, should have dug it out.
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