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Jul 1944: Men of 2nd Regiment, 2nd Division, US Marine Corps coming off the front lines after 20 days of combat, Saipan, Mariana Islands
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Jul 1944: Men of 2nd Regiment, 2nd Division, US Marine Corps coming off the front lines after 20 days of combat, Saipan, Mariana Islands
Yep, the real thing... look at all those bandoleers.
20 days in straight combat, living in the ground. A real test of men and equipment durability. I'd love to see what a new M1 rifle would look like after that particular episode.
Never enough credit for those guys.
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Originally Posted by browningautorifle
here you go
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On 13 October the 164th Infantry, the first Army unit on Guadalcanal, came ashore to reinforce the marines
Guadalcanal campaign 7 August 1942 – 9 February 1943 (6 months and 2 days)
I sort of mean in my hands, I'd like to clean and examine it completely...
3rd GI rear rank is the only one really smiling to be away from it all the others are probably just relieved to be rid of the horrors we have all seen the doco's and pictures what the PBI went through in the Pacific campaigns, a master stroke on MacArthur to sway Roosevelt with his Pacific campaign whilst others wanted to by pass them and starve the IJA out it turned out to be a very costly campaign of American lives.
My dad who was a veteran of the Pacific Campaign had no love for MacArthur. A lot of the PNG and Western Pacific veterans that I've known over the years shared my dad's opinion of the man.Quote:
Originally Posted by CINDERS
I was going to add Truman probably did the right thing in removing him at Korea before WWIII started but thought that would inflame a debate they all had their strengths & faults its just the PBI had to suffer when they got it wrong just like Market garden!