11-188 Garand Picture of the Day

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Exhausted 1st Marines sprawl all over beaches waiting for the landing craft which will take them off the island following four months of fighting the Japanese.Guadalcanal Dec 1942(rudeerude)

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[Mark in Rochester]

Photo #: 80-G-20683

Guadalcanal Campaign, August 1942 -- February 1943

U.S. Marines rest in the field on Guadalcanal, circa August-December 1942.
Most of these Marines are armed with M1903 bolt-action rifles and carry M1905 bayonets and USMC 1941 type packs. Two men high on the hill at right wear mortar vests and one in center has a World War I type grenade vest. The Marine seated at far right has a Browning Automatic Rifle.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, National Archives.