Garand Picture of the Day - Vella Lavella

[Mark in Rochester]

Vella Lavella. Infantrymen of Co. "I" await the word to advance in pursuit of retreating Japanese forces. Stepping Stone Island on the Vella Lavella Island Front, Southwest Pacific. (13 Sep 43) Signal Corps Photo: 161-43-4081 (Schuman)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Battle_of_Vella_Lavella

556Guy wil post the picture of the day for friday. If anyone else would like to post e-mail me so that I can schedule you in or send me your picture and I will post.

[Rick B]

If you notice the guy on the right has a Gas Trap. I had this photo on the cover of the GCA in 2002. Neat picture and one you have to look at for details. Rick B

[stonewall56]

The caption below is regarding the attached photo and was taken from the archives of the Seattle Post Intelligencer newspaper (which published its last newspaper on Tuesday). Notice that the guard has a Garand with a 16" bayonet.

"Seijiro Nakamura, left and his motherless children shown seated in an army truck with Private Tony Bova as their escort. The elderly man on the right is Kihachi Hirakawa, pastor of the Japanese church at Winslow, a widower, without kin. The minister held his final services Saturday in the church he built with his own labor more than forty years ago. Sunday his congregation helped move the church piano and other fixtures into storage. Japanese internment 1942"

[Mark in Rochester]

Hard to see but the rifle on the right is a Gas trap - Good Catch Rick

[Rick B]

Hard to see but the rifle on the right is a Gas trap - Good Catch Rick

Thanks Mark and here is a blow up to show it incase some didnt catch it. Rick B

http://imagehost.vendio.com/a/1168833/aview/TestGasTrap.jpg