#WWIIPOD- Men of 9 Commando, with a German prisoner, after their raid on the Garigliano Estuary defenses, Dec 1943

Men of 9 Commando, with a German prisoner, after their raid on the Garigliano Estuary defenses, Dec 1943

Source:  Commandoveterans.org photo gallery

#WWIIPOD- 4th Infantry Division in the Hurtgen Forest

This War-time photo and caption doesn't mention the cost in lives and WIA; sustaining casualties upwards around 150 per day. It is typical understated military-speak; but the dogfaces knew what "a hard day's work" really meant.

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#WWIIPOD- 1st Marine Division Marines on the "Canal".. Guadacanal; 1942 (WWII Photo of the Day)

Marines take a bath in the Lunga River while a machine gunner pulls security during the Guadalcanal campaign, 1942. 

USMC Photo

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