14-011 Garand Picture of the Day

[Snafu]

Marines land at Cape Gloucester, New Britain during Operation Dexterity. December, 1943

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[browningautorifle]

Yuk...the start of an awful campaign.

[AZPhil]

They just did a article in Leatherneck magazine about that battle."NEW BRITAIN: Nightmare in Green" One comment about how terrible the conditions were was made by one Marine who said "Even the Damned catapillars bit"

Semper Fi
Phil