14-011 Garand Picture of the Day

Marines land at Cape Gloucester, New Britain during Operation Dexterity. December, 1943

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...1_r2_500-1.jpg

Yuk...the start of an awful campaign.

They just did a article in Leatherneck magazine about that battle."NEW BRITAIN: Nightmare in Green" One comment about how terrible the conditions were was made by one Marine who said "Even the Damned catapillars bit"

Semper Fi
Phil