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A. F Medic
06-17-2009, 06:25 PM
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s165/FLYINGMEDIC/JapRifleDumping1.jpg


http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s165/FLYINGMEDIC/JapRifles_on_Barge_TokyoBay.jpg
gunner
06-17-2009, 06:28 PM
What a shame ! And now you have to pay a lot of money for Rifles.
Bill Hollinger
06-18-2009, 12:50 AM
I bet the Mums were all gone on them!
frankderrico
06-19-2009, 09:18 AM
It looks like Japanese soldiers or sailors doing the labor with Americans overseeing the work. Does the sailor sitting down look like he has a Thompson in his lap?.....
enbloc8
06-21-2009, 01:47 AM
It looks like Japanese soldiers or sailors doing the labor with Americans overseeing the work. Does the sailor sitting down look like he has a Thompson in his lap?.....

I recall reading a reference elsewhere to that effect. Supposedly the Japanese did not realize they were on a deep-six mission when they set out, and practically had tears in their eyes as they dumped the guns into the sea.