Possibly of interest but certainly not worthy of it's own thread:
Please see the phot below, shamelessly nicked from another forum I'm on:
The caption tells me, 'Soldiers of the U.S. 3rd Armored Division standing in front of a hedgerow, holding a sign shaped like a German Cross that says, "Soldiers surrender - you are surrounded."
14 July 1944, northwest of Saint-Lô.
. . . and yet at least 2 are armed with M1903 Springfields as a personal weapon-and these examples would seem to be of WWI vintage, as the rear sight is mounted on the top of the forestock just in front of the receiver.
Whilst they all appear to be tooled up and loaded fer b'ar, I'm still left with the impression that these may be support troops taking a few 'Look At Me, Mom' happy snaps. Even so, I would have expected them to be carrying M1 Carbines.
If they are NOT support elements, then I find it surprising that front line troops, at this stage of the war, have still to receive an issue of the Garand.
@ugly - maybe you have a view on this?
. . . anyway, just an idle moment wasted.