Sorry, must be a Yank thing. I always thought it was fairly well known.
MTO-Mediterranean Theater of Operations (North Africa/Sicily/Italy)
PTO-Pacific Theater of Operations (Island battles with the Japanese)
ETO-European Theater of Operations (Europe...duh)
The Rangers, reorganized as the 10th Independent Machine Gun Company (The New Brunswick Rangers), landed in Normandy on 26 June, 1944 and fought as a part of the 10th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian (Armoured) Division from Normandy to Bad Zwischenahn. The active unit was disbanded on 15 February, 1946. A 2nd Battalion served in the Reserve Army.
Although from what you posted on th intel of th Rangers ... 10th M.G. Co. .. sounds more than likely that He was shootin' a Bren ?? They finished up in Germany ... It's plausible they went through Belgium ... Although I'm not up on th Allied Armies of WWII ..... so I'll stop now & let those in th know .. enlighten Us ! ;D
Th "Scout Car" that you posted looks cool ! Especially as an After-Life candidate ? Cool find !
Just got a call from my brother. He found a box with Mac's original member cards, a couple of letters from the government, some medals etc...He was a Sgt, serving under Major Coy.
10th Canadian Independant Infantry Bde. There is a France and German 'star' in the box too.
There are 2 guys living that served we him. We need to interview them. My brother is just recalling a story now where Mac was in a big 'ditch' and the water was getting poluted with fuel.
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Battle of Moerbrugge
The 10th Canadian Infantry Brigade was tasked to cross the Ghent Canal about five kilometers south of Bruges at a small village called Oostkamp in early September 1944. Directly across the canal from Oostkamp was another small village named Moerbrugge. The canal is about 20 metres wide and very deep. Opposition was not expected so only one battalion was chosen for the crossing: The Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders of Canada (Princess Louise's), the Argylls.
Two batteries of the 15th Field Regiment, RCA were placed in support and The South Alberta Regiment (SARs) would place its tanks on the friendly side of the canal at either side of the crossing point and hold the flanks of the crossing with their fire along with the Vickers machine guns of The New Brunswick Rangers. The 3-inch (76 mm) mortars of the Argylls and the 4.2-inch (110 mm) mortars of the Rangers were in support.