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    Arrow 10-137 Garand Picture of the Day - Iwo Jima

    Waiting for the signal to advance over the ridge in the foreground to the Motoyama Airfield on Iwo Jima, Marines of the 1st Battalion, 25th Marines, wait beside a railroad in a shell crater. Iwo Jima - February 19, 1945



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    Does that BAR have a verticle foregrip???
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    It does look like someone added something...wonder what he took it off?

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    bayonet scabbard from the marine behind him

    tip is exposed on the other side of BAR
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mark in Rochester View Post
    bayonet scabbard from the marine behind him

    tip is exposed on the other side of BAR
    No look further down !
    It does look like a VG on that BAR.
    Good eye's Bill

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    Quote Originally Posted by AZPhil View Post
    No look further down !
    It does look like a VG on that BAR.
    Good eye's Bill

    OK I see it now
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    That verticle grip could be from a 1919a1 or an M9, than bolted to the BAR grip. Marine to the left has a granade launcher on his carbine and a 1911 on his hip.....Frank

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