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| Caption | US Marines 3rd Division anti-aircraft crew performing trials with newly assigned 90mm M2 anti-aircraft guns at Cape Torokina by Empress Augusta Bay, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, circa late 1943 ww2dbase | ||||||||
| WW2-Era Location Name | Torokina, Bougainville, British Western Pacific Territories | ||||||||
| Date | Dec 1943 | ||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps via Wikimedia Commons | ||||||||
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
| Photo Size | 640 x 627 pixels | ||||||||
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2. Anonymous says:
15 Mar 2012 08:18:26 PM
Looks like an M1
15 Mar 2012 08:18:26 PM
Looks like an M1
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4 Aug 2009 01:34:48 AM
It looks as if two members of this gun crew are wearing the pre-war tropical field helmet. This is quite unusual as this helmet fell out of general use early in the war and was issued mainly to recruits undergoing training in the States.