Two more japanese images

[A. F Medic]

Japanese marines landing ...

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s165/FLYINGMEDIC/JapMarineswithkneemortar.jpg


Sighting in...

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s165/FLYINGMEDIC/Japsightingin.jpg

[Bill Hollinger]

Way too much finger on that trigger!

[browningautorifle]

Remember, shooting doesn't mean enemy contact. They didn't consider it a landing unless there was shooting! No target necessary!

[Ogtree]

Are those rifles Arisakas or Type "I" Italian-made rifles?

Ogtree

[riceone]

They are T38 Arisakas' riceone

[araldite]

hmmmm well thanks to the Americans the evil little bastards didn't make it to Australia.... :-)

[lboos]

A.F Medic,
Are the hat emblem's navy? I thought the Japanese marine emblem look'ed like this pic. I may be wrong.

[campperrykid]

IIRC , the first major contact between US Marines and Imperial Marines was on Wake Island.
The survival rate of the Americans who surrended on Wake ( and Allied units in the Philppines ) was higher than prisoners taken by either side during the Hitler/Stalin mess , at least during the first years...

[A. F Medic]

A.F Medic,
Are the hat emblem's navy? I thought the Japanese marine emblem look'ed like this pic. I may be wrong.

I do not know. That was what the photographer listed it as. You probably are right!