14-124 Garand Picture of the Day

[Snafu]

The bodies of Japanese soldiers lie strewn across a hillside after being shot by U.S. soldiers as they attempted a banzai charge over a ridge in Guam, in 1944. (AP Photo/Joe Rosenthal
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[Bob Seijas]

The banzai charge was made obsolete by the Garand, that's for sure.

[emmagee1917]

Watercooled M1917A1's didn't do too bad , either.
Chris

[A. F Medic]

Of interest to me is the first GI walking around with a bayonet and looking at the bodies

[AZPhil]

Of interest to me is the first GI walking around with a bayonet and looking at the bodies

Looking for gold???????????

[browningautorifle]

The one with the PAL in his hand I should think may be taking teeth. The other is probably on clean up. They went around making sure all dead were...well...

[CINDERS]

I have a book and read it called the Knights of Bushido ummm they did real horrid stuff including removing the livers to eat from prisoners whilst they were alive and awake....... and other atrocities as if war is not bad enough.
So I hope all the rounds had flat t*p*