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40th Div Philippines Flag raising on hill 1700 by 185th division
On 25 February, the 185th Infantry Division took Hill 1700.
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Bombing Hill 1700 Bamban February 1945, Luzon
Nice pieces in your US collection.
Under the heading of words brought home by GIs is "boondocks" -- Philippine Tagalog for a remote place that's hard to get to :)
It's amazing some of the slang, that comes from the soldiers such as the "grim reaper" which is often a reference to the M1 Garand rifle in general and the International Harvester built M1 Garands specify. For our international friends, International Harvester (now known as Navstar) built farm equipment specially grain reapers.
Don't you dare forget the IHC Scout! ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by fjruple