#297 Garand Picture of the Day - Marshall Islands

Marines on Marshall Islands

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In the Pacific Theater of World War II, the Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign, from November 1943 through February 1944, were key strategic operations of the United States Navy and Marine Corps in the Central Pacific. The campaign was preceded by a raid on Makin Island by U.S. Marines in August, 1942.

Japanese bases in the Gilbert and Marshall Islands were the outer perimeter of eastern defenses for the Japanese Empire. The Marianas campaign followed the next summer.


More Here: Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Thanks Mark, both Marines have their K-Bars handy.....Frank