[Photo] 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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United States Marine preparing to throw a Mark II “pineapple” grenade on Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands, 1942. Note Browning Automatic Rifle at left. ww2dbase

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ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives

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Guadalcanal Campaign	Main article	Photos	Maps
Browning Automatic Rifle M1918 'BAR'	Main article	Photos
Mark II	Main article	Photos

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David Stubblebine

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1 Jan 2019

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