12-287 Garand Picture of The Day - Guadalcanal

[Mark in Rochester]

Guadalcanal

Battle-stained Amer. infantrymen cleaning their weapons next to foxhole after a bloody battle for a 1,500-ft. peak euphemistically called the Grassy Knoll.


Location:
Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands

Date taken:
1943

Photographer:
Ralph Morse



Us Marine Camp On Pacific Islands


Photographer:
J R Eyerman

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[Kiwi]

That is one heck of a long scope! Did the length of that scope cause problems with its accurate function eg was it more prone to knocks and damage as opposed to the much more compact British and German scopes of the time?

[Bob Womack]

Color Tweaks from an amateur.

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Bob

[Bob Seijas]

Very nice job... I have done a few and it's not so easy.

[browningautorifle]

Very nice...

[CINDERS]

Nice pictures thanks