OT - This guy looks like a reenactor- Either that or squad designated bullet magnet

[Mark in Rochester]

The patch on the big guy looks like a 442nd RCT patch

They trained with 1903 rifles

Sonsei Nakamura
B Company

Sonsei Nakamura was drafted in 1940 and served in the Hawaii National Guard, 298th Infantry regiment. Along with other Nisei soldiers in the Guard, he was transferred to the newly created Hawaiian Provisional Battalion the following year.

In 1942, the regiment was sent to Camp McCoy for basic training. Nakamura thought training was fun, but it was so cold that his hands got stuck to the barrel of his gun.

While fighting in Italy, Sonsei carried a good luck charm with him -a picture of his girlfriend whom he married after he returned to Hawaii.

Sonsei’s younger brother Jack (Seitoku) volunteered for the 442nd Regimental Combat Team after it was activated in February 1943and was later reassigned to the 100th, Company B. He was awarded two Purple Hearts.

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[browningautorifle]

The patch on the big guy looks like a 442nd RCT patch

What I was trying to say is... Here's the pic in it's original and expanded form.

M1917s in this case.

[Surpmil]

https://www.milsurps.com/images/impo...SC180027-1.jpg

That 37mm AT gun was quite a handy little weapon all thanks to the good sense of providing it with a H.E. shell, unlike the 40mm 2 Pdr. which had better sights but too high a profile and not even a canister round, let alone H.E.

The shop stewards of the Royal Artillery weren't going to have those AT guns getting out of their place by firing H.E. shells, most improper! Except of course it was no laughing matter at the time.

Strikingly small trunnion. The gun captain's hand must be on those binoculars somewhere...

[Gil Boyd]

We all have em......................here's our latest recruit in the UK for the RAF TOP BUN

[CINDERS]

here's our latest recruit

He'd have to be a Herc pilot Gil the Jets just would not be able to take off even with a RATO unit each side!!!!!