2 Sept 2022 Garand Picture of the Day

**Mark in Rochester** · 08-28-2022 11:09 PM

7 August 1944.
"Infantrymen of Company 'E', 157th Infantry Regiment, are shown eating Italian watermelon prior to boarding the LST." Bagnoli, Italy.
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**oldfoneguy** · 08-29-2022 08:45 AM

Alright I have to ask, what's with the guy with the Thompson and double stacked corporal stripes?

**oldfoneguy** · 08-29-2022 10:37 AM

Never mind I see it now sergeant and a crease in his sleeve above the top stripe. No worries the new glasses I ordered should be in by next week.

**fjruple** · 08-29-2022 10:41 AM

I believe the individual with the Thompson is in the Brazilian icon

Army. I think he is a Second Sergeant.

**RCS** · 08-29-2022 02:05 PM

I noticed the stripes too

**Mark in Rochester** · 08-29-2022 04:10 PM

Originally Posted by fjruple

I believe the individual with the Thompson is in the Brazilian icon

Army. I think he is a Second Sergeant.

Insignia de ombro de Segundo Sargento do Exército Brasileiro.

**Bob Seijas** · 08-29-2022 08:54 PM

By all accounts, many GIs really liked the Thompson. Heavy as hell but a popular weapon in city fighting. I had a limo driver who went through the entire European campaign with Patton, never got a scratch. He traded his M1 icon

for a Thompson when they landed and swore by it. His platoon stole a Jeep from the MPs, used it to carry their gear. Just before they shipped out for home they drove it into the local river. He served 30 years as a motorcycle cop in Newark, hell of a guy. Cleve Ledford from Okmulgee, Oklahoma.

**Mark in Rochester** · 08-29-2022 11:28 PM

Cleve Olen Ledford
BIRTH 11 Nov 1925 Stigler, Haskell County, Oklahoma, USA
DEATH 15 Apr 2021 (aged 95) Towaco, Morris County, New Jersey, USA

**fjruple** · 08-30-2022 08:01 AM

Mark-- I believe the rank that you posted is post-WWII. Brazil icon

has a rich history of action in WWII.

**Bob Seijas** · 08-30-2022 08:39 AM

Wow, thanks on the photo of him! I registered Cleve on the WWII Memorial site, printed and framed his page, gave it to him. He was so touched.

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