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12 Sept 2023 Garand Picture of the Day
Company L infantrymen of the 34th Regiment advance at the approaches to the ravine under cover of a tank. The purpose is to clear Malinta Hill of all Japs in caves and tunnels. The company is spearheading the advance through the ravine on the north side of the hill. Corregidor, P.I. 24 Feb. 1945
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Last edited by Mark in Rochester; 09-09-2023 at 09:18 PM.
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"The purpose is to clear Malinta Hill of all Japs in caves and tunnels." All those period captions freely use "Japs" or even "Nips." Don't try that today, you'll be called the dreaded "racist." Asians don't even like "Oriental," they consider it pejorative.
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Reminds me of Japp potato chips.
Now Jays.
"He which hath no stomach to this fight,/ Let him depart." Henry V
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