11-190 Garand Picture of the Day

[Snafu]

Marines take a Japanese soldier prisoner,Marshall Islands(rudeerude)

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[Snafu]

Is this neg flipped? I think it is

[Harlan (Deceased)]

Is this neg flipped? I think it is

I thought it was flipped too, but after I flipped in horizontally I noticed the longer helmet strap of his M1 helmet was on the left side when it's supposed to be on the right side.

Unless this Marine has his helmet on backwards I believe this image is in the correct orientation.



I've also noticed that most often marines of the period either have their helmet straps fastened or hanging loose. They didn't take up the Army 'fashion statement' of securing the helmet strap behind their helmet and the liner strap across the front like this -



There was a rumor in the Army that if there was a nearby concussion and the helmet strap was fastened it would break your neck. In reality a concussion close enough to pull a helmet hard enough to break their neck would kill them by shock to internal organs, and they'd be safer wearing the helmet strapped to protect them from shrapnel.

[Bill Hollinger]

You act like you've never seen a left handed M1 Garand before.

[Mark in Rochester]

Sledge admits that the marines did not take prisoners even of the few who did surrender. He says,"After taking a position we routinely shot both the dead and wounded enemy troops in the head, to make sure they were dead."

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[Snafu]

I saw a Sam Fuller interview (ETO) where he said if they had ammo when they surrendered they got to live. If they did not then...They did not.
The reason was they were giving up with the means to still fight verses they had fought till they had nothing left to fight with

During World War II, Fuller joined the United States Army infantry. He was assigned to the 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, and saw heavy fighting. He was involved in landings in Africa, Sicily, and Normandy and also saw action in Belgium and Czechoslovakia. In 1945 he was present at the liberation of the German concentration camp at Sokolov and shot 16 mm footage which was used later in the documenatary Falkenau: The Impossible. For his service, he was awarded the Bronze Star, the Silver Star, and the Purple Heart.[3] Fuller used his wartime experiences as material in his films, especially in The Big Red One (1980), a nickname of the 1st Infantry Division.

Samuel Fuller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[browningautorifle]

Personally I found not wearing my chinstrap on my M1 helmet or my M1C was worse than wearing it. The helmet would do most anything it wanted. Especially during fire and movement. I prefered the M1C with the inner strap only. Way more comfortable. We weren't allowed to hook the chinstraps behind like that anyway.

[Bill Hollinger]

Then it is a left handed M1 Garand!!! I knew it!

[Harlan (Deceased)]

I realized you were correct when I fliped the photo and noticed the helmet strap. Guess you're allowed to be correct once in awhile.