Sink or swim!

[A. F Medic]

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[gunner]

What a shame ! And now you have to pay a lot of money for Rifles.

[Bill Hollinger]

I bet the Mums were all gone on them!

[frankderrico]

It looks like Japanese soldiers or sailors doing the labor with Americans overseeing the work. Does the sailor sitting down look like he has a Thompson in his lap?.....

[enbloc8]

It looks like Japanese soldiers or sailors doing the labor with Americans overseeing the work. Does the sailor sitting down look like he has a Thompson in his lap?.....

I recall reading a reference elsewhere to that effect. Supposedly the Japanese did not realize they were on a deep-six mission when they set out, and practically had tears in their eyes as they dumped the guns into the sea.