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23 hours ago, snake36bravo said:

 

You had to have some real stones to wear a Waffen-SS Kharkov parka around a war zone. Twitchy trigger fingers would've dissuaded most.


Ow man I totally agree ! 

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Survivors from the RN Troopship SS Strathallan onboard HMS Panther G41 in the Mediterranean - December 21, 1942

LIFE Magazine Archives - Margaret Bourke-White Photographer

 

 

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On 1/10/2023 at 7:45 PM, Rhscott said:

Or one of the several Japanese sun helmets…I do see a Arisaka on a shoulder getting on the craft 

 

Possibly this Marine or another as several were seen with sun helmets.. THis Marine has the full transport pack. The one on the ramp in an earlier picture appears to have the haversack with no tent roll.  Same series of Photos when they are waiting to leave Guadalcanal. Maybe he removed the blanket/tent roll to wrap the captured MG in thats seen in the series of pictures.. Can also see a cleaning rod handle in the end of the barrel. Another Marine has a Japanese flag tied to a rifle

 

US Marines on Guadalcanal wait to leave following months of fighting the Japanese - January 1943

LIFE Magazine Archives - Ralph Morse Photographer

 

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Private Clarence Jones, 594th Field Artillery Battalion,93rd Infantry Division, is photographed during the Third Army Louisiana Maneuvers, April 1943.

 

 

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After being wounded on Saipan, PFC Martin Cooper of the 4th Marine Division enjoys a Japanese beer as he waits to be transported to the rear in 1944.

 

 

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