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I lived in Guam when I was 8 to 12 years old, back in the 1950s. Spent a lot of time exploring battlefields. Great memories.

Appears to be yellow HE hand grenade on his right pocket?

What are the rectangular "box like" thing on the 2 Marines in the center of the photo?

Bill Mauldin's Army (the Book) sits on my coffee table. It's a source of frequent conversation, laughs, smiles and tears.

U.S. Mainland Nisei were but most of those of Hawaiian origins were not.

I was impressed that the movie mentioned the 442nd helping out the "lost battalion".

Is that a samurai sword protruding from the sand?

The General is behind that bush doing some paper work. ;-)

I'm also addicted to your picture posts here. I think what you do is important for understanding the reality of history.
On the other hand take the time to fully recover before adding to life's...

My missionary grandparents and 2 aunties spent the war in a Japanese concentration camp in China. My Grandmother and aunties survived and moved to Hawaii after Mao took over. They shared only a few...

Found this today and thought you folks might appreciate it as much as I do. A pictorial history of my favorite M1.
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so is the top picture in Tarawa or the Philippines?

Daniel Inouye was a l o n g time Hawaii Senator. They recently did a major road improvement from Pohakuloa Training Area to Kona on the Big Island which rightfully honors his name as a WWII MOH Vet. ...

Everything I've ever read and even the pictures I've seen didn't present an image like this of Tarawa with abundant palm tree in full foliage.

For me it's a Hawaii favorite, Loco Moco. Bed of rice covered by a fried slice of spam and a couple of eggs, topped with some gravy.

The 442nd Go For Broke Nisei are another example of prejudices prove undeserved and wrong.

As a side note the Nisei love Spam. There are at least 4 different Spam cookbooks written by Hawaiian...

Looking at Bill Mauldin cartoons?

This photo has some personal interest for me because I served on BB62 as a Quarter Master in 1968. Sadly I never knew much about its history other than it was a WWII battleship. Every 16in round...

This statement come from Wikipedia:

Instead of being tried for war crimes, the researchers involved in Unit 731 were secretly given immunity by the U.S. in exchange for the data they gathered...

Actually there was an abundant supply of unexploded ordnance for us kids to find. We even found and reported bombs both Japanese and American.

I lived on Guam 1957, 58 and 59. My dad was a...

Because of this photo I found this site: http://www.worldwarphotos.info/

Because I lived and played on Guam for 3 years as a kid and my dad served in the Pacific I've never been able to satiate...

Some serious motivation inspired the digging of that trench in frozen ground.

I'm not sure what I'm asking. But from your response I guess it is strictly for disassembling the trigger?

Can someone with please explain how the trigger spring tool is used?

I have the trigger spring tool but from my unskilled take on it the twist tie was much simpler use. Compressing the spring...

The books written Andy Rooney, Ernie Pyle, Bill Mauldin and Richard Tregaskis are among my favorites. These reporters allow you to understand/feel the reality of front line "Willie and Joe." Bill...