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Japanese soldier pulled from his pillbox by a squad of Marines, Tarawa, 1943
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Japanese soldier pulled from his pillbox by a squad of Marines, Tarawa, 1943
HBT Utility Jacket Markings
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For 4th UNIS, 1st number is Regiment, 2nd number is Battalion, and 3rd number is Company. Whether that is true for the other divisions isn't known yet...
I'm especially glad you got the 522 because the Marine had the foresight to put his name on there too!
Looks like General Holland "Howling Mad" Smith with the binos and eye glasses.
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Title: Tarawa Invasion, November 1943
Description: Major General Holland M. Smith, USMC, (center), commanding the V Amphibious Force ground forces, and Major General Julian C. Smith, commanding the Second Marine Division, inspect Betio Island, Tarawa Atoll, in late November 1943. Marines under their command had just seized the island from the Japanese. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.
Here he is on Tarawa don't think it is the same guy in OP - note the helmet cover difference
Agreed, he wouldn't be attending a live fight. Not his job description. He's inspecting, not residing.
looks like Gen Smith has a WW1 cavalry holster ?