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I wonder what the details are here? Are those guys even US? Doesn't look like it.
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I wonder what the details are here? Are those guys even US? Doesn't look like it.
forgot to add the details - search term was US Army in Japan
1950's
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I'm wondering if it's the JDF post war...the tank commander is decidedly Asian looking and this BAR man doesn't look like he's from anywhere grainfed either. Their footwear and gaiters are strange and the way they wear the uniform...
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My guess? Japanese Self-Defence Forces, circa 1955.
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The photo's caption:
The transition from former enemy to ally is evidenced by these GI-clad
Japanese army volunteers during maneuvers at the Fuji Army School outside of Tokyo on May 15, 1957. Armed with American-made weapons and supported by a U.S.-supplied tank, the soldiers were part of the 160,000-man ground, sea and air self-defense forces undergoing intensive training for the defense of the Japanese homeland.
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Not bad, I got it the first time...also there's a lack of US markings on the tank. I thought all US issue would have stars then?
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What was the tank? Looks like a development of the Sherman.
Bob
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Originally Posted by
Bob Womack
What was the tank?
Yes, a later Sherman.
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Originally Posted by
Bob Womack
What was the tank? Looks like a development of the Sherman.
Bob
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