A rare, test mule of an M-4 Sherman mounting a Pershing style turret and 90mm gun.  One of many tests conducted by the U.S. Army Ordnance Department in spite of a lackadaisical mentality regarding the need for better, more powerfully armed tanks by both Ground Forces Command and Armored Command...

M-4 Sherman with 90mm Gun

One G.I. takes cover while another fires rocket launcher.

Operation Overlord

The great Ernie Pyle. U.S. War Correspondent who gave us the true story of the U.S. G.I. He died from a sniper's bullet on Okinawa, shortly before the end of WWII.  “I love the infantry because they are the underdogs.  They are the mud-rain-frost-and-wind boys. They have no comforts, and they even learn to live without the necessities. And in the end they are the guys that wars can't be won without.” — Ernie Pyle,  “The God-Damned Infantry,” 1943 
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