21 Feb 2024 Garand Picture of the Day - November 1942

[Mark in Rochester]

The 32nd Infantry Division with the M1 Garand and M1903 Springfield rifles ready to disembark in Australia during November 1942.

Activated: 15 October 1940 (National Guard Division from Michigan and Wisconsin).

Campaigns: New Guinea, Southern Philippines, Luzon.

Distinguished Unit Citations: 14. Awards: MH-11 ; DSC-37 ; DSM-1 ; SS-657 ; LM-28; SM-77 ; BSM-2,403 ; A11-95.

Commanders:

Maj. Gen. Irving A. Fish (October 1940March 1942)
Maj. Gen. Edwin F. Harding (March 1942-January 1943)
Maj. Gen. William H. Gill (February 1943 to inactivation).

Inactivated: 28 February 1946 in Japan. (See National Guard.)

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[browningautorifle]

Love to take that M1 in hand for examination of government stampings.