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14 Feb, 2025 Garand Picture of the Day
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
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Philippine scouts...someone even has a heavy old loop handle cleaning rod sticking out of his barrel. That's an anchor...to carry.
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"good night Chesty, Wherever You Are"
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I'll bet lots of them would have been just as happy to go in wearing shorts and a cartridge belt...and rifle. They just wanted revenge for the cruelty they suffered.
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Looks like a couple of 03's in there
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Is the guy in the back on the left wearing a Japanese
uniform hat?
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Originally Posted by
oldfoneguy
Is the guy in the back on the left wearing a
Japanese uniform hat?
I thought that was a full Chinese uniform when I saw it.
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Originally Posted by
oldfoneguy
Is the guy in the back on the left wearing a
Japanese uniform hat?
Probably the Philippine Guerillas had a habit of taking and wearing the uniform of dead Japanese soldiers they personally killed as a badge of Courage and Bravery. Of course the higher the rank of the dead Japanese soldier the greater the courage and bravery. After the US Forces landed back in the Philippines, they were ordered to remove the uniforms as they were being mistaken by the Allied Forces as Japanese. They were pretty brave S*B.s "American Guerilla in the Philippines" is an excellent read. I believe they even made a movie with Tyrone Power after WWII.
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Originally Posted by
fjruple
They were pretty brave
That is the story. They had lots of hate and revenge planned and motivating them. They'd all lost someone.
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