12-178 Garand Picture of the Day 5037th Merrills Marauders

[Mark in Rochester]

Kumon Range, Burma ___ May 1944
Marauder and Chinese ally compare weapons. American shows his M-1 rifle as Chinese holds his British Enfield. Note steepness of trail, a characteristic encountered almost daily in the marches of the 5307th,



Cpl. Warner Katz of New York City, a German-born veteran of Guadalcanal, while operating as first scout for a reconnaissance patrol, became the first American infantryman to kill a Japanese soldier in Southeast Asia, in the Allied drive into northern Burma. Note: The mark, where a Japanese 25-caliber bullet creased his cheek and nostril

Interview with Warner Katz [8/27/2005]

Interview Transcript: Warner Katz: Veterans History Project (Library of Congress

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