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United States Marine preparing to throw a Mark II “pineapple” grenade on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942. Note Browning Automatic Rifle at left.

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Caption     United States Marine preparing to throw a Mark II “pineapple” grenade on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942. Note Browning Automatic Rifle at left. ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, British Western Pacific Territories
Date  Aug 1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
Source Information
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives
 
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Licensing  Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010:
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Added By David Stubblebine
Photo Size 1,413 x 1,080 pixels



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