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Huot automatic rifle (above) and Lewis gun (below), 1918, photo 1 of 2Huot automatic rifle (above) and Lewis gun (below), 1918, photo 2 of 2
Huot automatic rifle (above) and Lewis gun (below), 1918, photo 1 of 2Huot automatic rifle (above) and Lewis gun (below), 1918, photo 2 of 2
US machine gun crew firing a Lewis machine gun during WW1, circa 1918Japanese naval infantryman with Type 92 machine gun, circa 1940s
US machine gun crew firing a Lewis machine gun during WW1, circa 1918Japanese naval infantryman with Type 92 machine gun, circa 1940s
A platoon sergeant of the US 4th Marine Regiment instructs Filipino cadets in the use of a Lewis machine gun, Philippine Islands, circa 1941Canadian troops at their Lewis machine gun position overlooking the main highway at Iceland, 10 Feb 1941
A platoon sergeant of the US 4th Marine Regiment instructs Filipino cadets in the use of a Lewis machine gun, Philippine Islands, circa 1941Canadian troops at their Lewis machine gun position overlooking the main highway at Iceland, 10 Feb 1941
Recruits of the Singapore Volunteer Force training with a Lewis machine gun, Nov 1941G4M bombers in flight, seen through the gun port of another G4M bomber, 1941-1943; note Type 92 machine gun (Lewis clone)
Recruits of the Singapore Volunteer Force training with a Lewis machine gun, Nov 1941G4M bombers in flight, seen through the gun port of another G4M bomber, 1941-1943; note Type 92 machine gun (Lewis clone)
US Navy Adms R. English & C. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States as USS Trout returned with 2 POWs from the sunken Japanese cruiser Mikuma, 14 Jun 1942Troops of the British Eastern Command, date unknown; note Bren gun, ammunition carrier dog
US Navy Adms R. English & C. Nimitz at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, United States as USS Trout returned with 2 POWs from the sunken Japanese cruiser Mikuma, 14 Jun 1942Troops of the British Eastern Command, date unknown; note Bren gun, ammunition carrier dog 'Mark', and Lewis gun pan magazine
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"Goddam it, you'll never get the Purple Heart hiding in a foxhole! Follow me!"

Captain Henry P. Jim Crowe, Guadalcanal, 13 Jan 1943


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