Subdeacon Joe 26,077 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Faces of War: US Marines moving supplies during the Battle for Cape Gloucester, New Britain Island. #ww2uncovered #worldwar2history #ww2 #GreatestGeneration #WWIIveteran #WWII #HeroesInUniform #lestweforget #usmc #WorldWarII #ww2history #ww2veteran #usmarines #remember #neverforgotten #neverforget #Hero #wwiihistory #usa #ww2vet #semperfi #PTO #SemperFidelis Original description and photo sourced from the US Department of Defense Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 800 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 That's a M 1917 Browning Machine gun. No tripod or ammo, but the complete package weighed over 100 lbs 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trailrider #896 1,811 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 Thousand yard stare? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 26,077 Posted January 2 Author Share Posted January 2 24 minutes ago, Trailrider #896 said: Thousand yard stare? I think more a "Why do I have to hump this thing up that damned hill?" 1 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alpo 6,717 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 46 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: I think more a "Why do I have to hump this thing up that damned hill?" I think he looks like Tony Randall. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Irish-Pat 357 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 I think he is ticked off after seeing the guy in the keep with no helmet and stretched back 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Joke 'um 1,032 Posted January 2 Share Posted January 2 (edited) Dysentery. Jungle rot in every fold of skin. Immersion foot, a.k.a. trench foot. A leech for each and every body orifice. Hasn't had a dry square inch of skin in six weeks. Rain. Rain. Rain. Mud. Mud. Rain. 105F. "Don't even open your mouth, Sir." Edited January 2 by Joke 'um 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Subdeacon Joe 26,077 Posted January 3 Author Share Posted January 3 Here it is not cropped as much: https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USMC/USMC-C-Gloucester/index.html https://www.history.navy.mil/browse-by-topic/wars-conflicts-and-operations/world-war-ii/1943/beyond-guadalcanal/cape-gloucester.html https://www.usni.org/magazines/naval-history-magazine/2010/april/waging-war-rain-forest 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Utah Bob #35998 15,863 Posted January 3 Share Posted January 3 6 hours ago, Tex Jones, SASS 2263 said: That's a M 1917 Browning Machine gun. No tripod or ammo, but the complete package weighed over 100 lbs 79 lbs without water in it, or tripod Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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