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Caption | US Marine Corps machine gun crew operating a Browning M1919A4 machine gun, Namur, Marshall Islands, circa early Feb 1944 ww2dbase | |||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Namur, Marshall Islands | |||||||||||
Date | 1 Feb 1944 | |||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps via Wikimedia Commons | |||||||||||
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Photos on Same Day | 1 Feb 1944 | |||||||||||
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||
Photo Size | 791 x 549 pixels |
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Looks like these Mudd Marines setup and ready
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