30 Jan 2023 Garand Picture of the Day

[BEAR]

Mark, where was this picture taken? Meaning no disrespect, it appears to be a still from the movie "SANDS OF IWO JIMA". The two closest M1s and the Machinegun appear to have blank adapters attached. Lighting is very good, especially for a cameraman on the wrong side of the action.
My apologies if I mis assumed.

BEAR

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[browningautorifle]

where was this picture taken?

It states it's the Betio island Tarawa landing.

[Mark in Rochester]

Mark, where was this picture taken? Meaning no disrespect, it appears to be a still from the movie "SANDS OF IWO JIMA". The two closest M1s and the Machinegun appear to have blank adapters attached. Lighting is very good, especially for a cameraman on the wrong side of the action.
My apologies if I mis assumed.

BEAR

No worries

I had similar concerns - but went with the caption provided

Here is the caption from another site:

U.S. Marines and their landing craft on the beach during the Battle of Tarawa in 1943.Credit...Frederic Lewis/Hulton Archive/Getty Images







It appears that Frederic Lewis was on Tarawa photo credit Frederic Lewis

American Marines approach a group of Japanese-occupied buildings, reduced to rubble during the Battle of Tarawa, a Pacific atoll in the Gilbert Islands (now Kiribati), in November 1943. In the background, smoke is rising from an oil-dump hit during the shelling.