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27 August 2024 Garand Picture of the Day
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It strikes me that both these guards are holding their weapons at rest as if they just came back from hunting. There seems absolutely no stress in the situation.
Bob
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Originally Posted by
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It strikes me that both these guards are holding their weapons at rest as if they just came back from hunting. There seems absolutely no stress in the situation.
Bob
I'm pretty sure those kids are glad their war is over.
"You are what you do when it counts."
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Considering the cross section of US citizenry at the time, the GI could be conversing in perfect
German
as taught by his parents….
My Uncle Gerhart (hows that for an old-country first name) was first generation American like all his siblings. The older children were bi-lingual - learned German from their Mom and Dad because as immigrants late 1890’s it took time to learn the new language.
Gerhart was an Tec 5 ammo truck driver in the US 3rd Army (and carried a carbine not a Garand). Between VE Day and Dec ‘45 when his unit returned to the US he had several passes to visit the farm and visit his extended family where my grandfather grew up in Bavaria region.
We have a nice picture of his cousin in his German Army uniform (he didn’t immigrate) - that reminds me of a boot camp graduation photograph. It was given to my uncle on one of these visits. Don’t know if his cousin survived the war, or on which front he fought. Odds are a German soldier didn't make the duration.
Glad those boys in the photo did survive. Without the uniforms they could be a Boy Scout patrol.
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Did I notice a Luftwaffe patch on the second boy from the left side ?
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Must likely assigned to a Flak unit. The Germans had a lot of very young troops in Flak units.
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The two German lads on the right appear to be wearing the reversible Gebirgsjager smocks.
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The two
German lads on the right appear to be wearing the reversible Gebirgsjager smocks.
They actually also look like brothers if not twins...
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