Garand Picture of the Day #108 - Iwo Jima bunk

[Mark in Rochester]

Iwo Jima Operation, 1945

A U.S. Marine sleeps in a sandbag bunker on Iwo Jima, February 1945.
Note the gear piled atop the bunker, including a camouflaged tarp, a piece of pierced steel matting and an M1 "Garand" rifle.

Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives.

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[jjroth]

two MARINES sleeping, see two helmets.
The head tha shows seems to be on side with legs pulled-up?

[M2HB]

Under those conditions, I would be sleeping with my rifle.