Guest TANKER75 Posted July 13, 2008 Share Posted July 13, 2008 my uncle was a MARINE CORP PARATROOPER during ww11 , and carried a johnson rifle on GUADALCANAL, WAS WOUNDED ON BLOODY RIDGE and is mentioned in a book by JAMES F. CHRIST titled BATTALION OF THE DAMNED. MY uncle was a member of 1ST PARACHUTE BATTALION 1ST MARINE DIVISION , C COMPANY. HE was one of 23 marines there to carry a johnson rifle,someday i going to own one. he was later killed in action on IWO JIMA 19FEB45. I HAVE HAD THE PLEASURE TO SPEAK TO MANY OF HIS FRIENDS WHO WERE ON GUADALCANAL WITH HIM.AND ARE ALSO MENTIONED IN THE BOOK. EVERYTIME I SEE A JOHNSON RIFLE I THINK OF MY UNCLE AND WHAT HE MUST HAVE WENT THROUGH. I SHOULD NOT THINK OF HIM AS GONE BECUASE OF WHAT MARINES SAY, "ONCE A MARINE ALWAYS A MARINE" THEY ARE ALL GREAT WARRIORS! Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Paramarines(Marine paratroopers) http://www.thewarpage.com/paramarinealbum17.html Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Can someone post the M1941 Johnson rifle manual? Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites
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mestre Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 http://legacyeditorial.gettyimages.com/sou...;pg=1&am=-1 ...this are images that can be seen freely on the website,so i dont know if it aplays as a copyrighted material violation... Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted July 18, 2008 Share Posted July 18, 2008 http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/fsa/8b04000/8b04000/8b04050r.jpg http://memory.loc.gov/pnp/fsa/8b09000/8b09400/8b09461r.jpg ...type rifle;garand;etc,on the search engine for other images... http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/f?mcc,...mp/~ammem_VnTK: Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 FSSF - The Devil's Brigade. http://wwii.ca/photos/devils_3.jpg http://wwii.ca/photos/devils_5.jpg http://wwii.ca/photos/devils_10.jpg Link to post Share on other sites
J_Andrews Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 About 25 years ago, a guy offered me a Johnson that was finished in black paint, apparently baked on and an arsenal or depot product. He told me that it was one of a few hundred Johnsons that had been en route to the Dutch East Indies but delivery was frustrated, leaving them in Australian hands. Further, because they were so non-standard (US .30 caliber) they were relegated to the RAAF and used mostly for guard duty, in Australia and then as the war progressed wherever the RAAF might be. He THOUGHT that they had equipped some (RAAF?) personnel on Occupation in Japan after V-J and he THOUGHT the one he was offering had been quasi-FTR'd in the late 1940s, hence refinished a la Anglais. Anyone out there know anything like this? BTW I passed, as he wanted too much for this RARERARERARE item. Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted July 19, 2008 Share Posted July 19, 2008 http://www.museum.nps.gov/spar/vfpcgi.exe?...TABASE=61805454, Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 ...Johnson Rifle vs M1 Garand...from... http://www.ww2incolor.com/us-army/ww2+John...le+and+bits+003 http://www.ww2incolor.com/d/35303-2/ww2+Jo...le+and+bits+003 Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted July 21, 2008 Share Posted July 21, 2008 http://johnsonautomatics.com/messageboard/index.php?act=idx ...??? Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 ...people,i almost pissed my self...hi resolution images from Col. Melvin M. Johnson and his rifles,the 5.7mm Spitfire Carbine;rifle and lmg... http://www.imageseek.com/5.7mm/ Link to post Share on other sites
Mr-X Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Can someone post the M1941 Johnson rifle manual?Thank you. As some of you know, I have a M-1941 Johnson.It is pictured in post #38.I also have a manual from The Combat Bookshelf that was published in 1968.It is an amalgumation of all the Johnson Manuals includingJohnson Custom Built Sporting rifles,Military handbook of the Johnson Semi-Automatic rifle, andThe Model 1944 LMG.I do not have a scanner and the book is rather large.Mestre is there anything in particular you are after? Written contributor to French Militaria Magazine, UK World War II Re-enactors Magazine &The Karkee Web Research Team.Remembering the service of:9095 Pte Alfred Fredrick NEWLAND, 7th Field Ambulance, 2 Division, AIF. WIA 16/11/16 France.436 Private Albert McCANN, B Company 8th Battalion AIF. Enlisted 26/8/14. Killed in Action 17/6/15 Gallipoli.VX24056 Gunner George Edward McCANN, 2/3 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment. Enlisted 7/6/40. Discharged 3/8/44. Served in Australia and New Guinea. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr-X Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Here is a Johnson ad from 1943 that I have framed and put on the wall. Written contributor to French Militaria Magazine, UK World War II Re-enactors Magazine &The Karkee Web Research Team.Remembering the service of:9095 Pte Alfred Fredrick NEWLAND, 7th Field Ambulance, 2 Division, AIF. WIA 16/11/16 France.436 Private Albert McCANN, B Company 8th Battalion AIF. Enlisted 26/8/14. Killed in Action 17/6/15 Gallipoli.VX24056 Gunner George Edward McCANN, 2/3 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment. Enlisted 7/6/40. Discharged 3/8/44. Served in Australia and New Guinea. Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 As some of you know, I have a M-1941 Johnson.It is pictured in post #38.I also have a manual from The Combat Bookshelf that was published in 1968.It is an amalgumation of all the Johnson Manuals includingJohnson Custom Built Sporting rifles,Military handbook of the Johnson Semi-Automatic rifle, andThe Model 1944 LMG.I do not have a scanner and the book is rather large.Mestre is there anything in particular you are after?photobucket.com/albums/hh145/leighm25a/uniforms165.jpgphotobucket.com/albums/hh145/leighm25a/uniforms164.jpgphotobucket.com/albums/hh145/leighm25a/uniforms167.jpg ...the images...images of the weapons in use;built;tec.drawings;etc.Thank you. Link to post Share on other sites
Mr-X Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Mestre, do you have a copy of Bruce Canfield's awesome book "Johnson Rifles and Machine guns"? 'Cause it has some fantastic pictures in it. Written contributor to French Militaria Magazine, UK World War II Re-enactors Magazine &The Karkee Web Research Team.Remembering the service of:9095 Pte Alfred Fredrick NEWLAND, 7th Field Ambulance, 2 Division, AIF. WIA 16/11/16 France.436 Private Albert McCANN, B Company 8th Battalion AIF. Enlisted 26/8/14. Killed in Action 17/6/15 Gallipoli.VX24056 Gunner George Edward McCANN, 2/3 Composite Anti Aircraft Regiment. Enlisted 7/6/40. Discharged 3/8/44. Served in Australia and New Guinea. Link to post Share on other sites
FightenIrish35 Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 Now thats a great piece of history right there Regards, Michael Sweeney--Researcher and Collector of WW2 77TH Division If you have any named items to a 77th Division Soldier please contact me!!! In memoroy of my Grandfather Eugene Henry Sweeney 1st Lieutenant of the 306th Infantry Regiment Company L - Veteran of Guam and Leyte Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 United States Patent US2939449:launching device and rocket propelled missile therefor http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2939449.pdf United States Patent US2363675:Portable Mortar http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2363675.pdf Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted July 23, 2008 Share Posted July 23, 2008 Automatic Weapons of the World, by Melvin M. Johnson and Charles T. Haven, published by William Morrow and Company http://www.kwsantiques.de/bilder/bricabrac/g383-1.jpg http://www.kwsantiques.de/bilder/bricabrac/g383-2.jpg http://www.kwsantiques.de/bilder/bricabrac/g383-4.jpg http://www.kwsantiques.de/bilder/bricabrac/g383-3.jpg ...from... http://www.kwsantiques.de/english/eframe.html Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted October 6, 2008 Share Posted October 6, 2008 http://talks.guns.ru/forums/icons/forum_pi...013/1013083.jpg http://talks.guns.ru/forummessage/36/278490-3.html http://talks.guns.ru/forums/icons/forum_pi...270/1270056.jpg http://talks.guns.ru/forummessage/36/278490-8.html Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 ...M1941 Johnson Semi-Automatic Rifle. http://talks.guns.ru/forums/icons/forum_pi...619/1619137.jpg ...from...http://talks.guns.ru/forummessage/18/380674.html ...Johnson lmg... http://talks.guns.ru/forums/icons/forum_pi...621/1621751.jpg ...from...http://talks.guns.ru/forummessage/18/381094.html Link to post Share on other sites
mestre Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3096/313462...4bbaf0047_b.jpg http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3222/313379...850e8fc46_b.jpg ...from...http://www.flickr.com/photos/27692965@N02/sets/72157611549414243/ Link to post Share on other sites
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