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Color guard leading armored cruiser USS Pittsburgh landing party in the Bund, Shanghai, China, 1927; note Springfield M1903 rifles and M1911 pistolsNaval Aviation Cadets from the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi at the pistol range with Colt M1911-A1 .45 caliber pistols, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, circa 1941.
Color guard leading armored cruiser USS Pittsburgh landing party in the Bund, Shanghai, China, 1927; note Springfield M1903 rifles and M1911 pistolsNaval Aviation Cadets from the Naval Air Station at Corpus Christi at the pistol range with Colt M1911-A1 .45 caliber pistols, Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, circa 1941.
US Marine Private Michael DiPoi in exercise with a war dog, Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, circa 1943John Basilone with a machine gun in the United States, date unknown
US Marine Private Michael DiPoi in exercise with a war dog, Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, North Carolina, United States, circa 1943John Basilone with a machine gun in the United States, date unknown
An American officer and a French partisan with a Sten sub-machinegun crouched behind a car during a street fight in a French city, Jun 1944US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944
An American officer and a French partisan with a Sten sub-machinegun crouched behind a car during a street fight in a French city, Jun 1944US Marines fighting on Saipan, Mariana Islands, Jul 1944
MGen Leonard Gerow presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to 1st Lt William J Kehaly of San Francisco, California on 11 Sep 1944 for Lt Kehaly’s actions on D-Day, 6 Jun 1944.US Army anti-tank infantry searching for the position of a German machine gun that had fired on their vehicle, the Netherlands, 4 Nov 1944
MGen Leonard Gerow presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to 1st Lt William J Kehaly of San Francisco, California on 11 Sep 1944 for Lt Kehaly’s actions on D-Day, 6 Jun 1944.US Army anti-tank infantry searching for the position of a German machine gun that had fired on their vehicle, the Netherlands, 4 Nov 1944
Member of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) Bill McCall with Colt hand gun, Burma, 1945US Marine Private Grady Hogue on a horse, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945
Member of US 5332nd Brigade (Provisional) Bill McCall with Colt hand gun, Burma, 1945US Marine Private Grady Hogue on a horse, Okinawa, Japan, Apr 1945
Soviet and US officers near Elbe River, Germany, 28 Apr 1945; note left Soviet officerUS military mail truck at Haneda Air Base, Tokyo, Japan, 1951
Soviet and US officers near Elbe River, Germany, 28 Apr 1945; note left Soviet officer's TT-33, center Soviet capt's Luger in belt, right US lieutenant's holstered Colt 1911 and in-hand Walther P38US military mail truck at Haneda Air Base, Tokyo, Japan, 1951
Colt M1911A1 pistol, 1913 series.
Colt M1911A1 pistol, 1913 series.
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"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. You win the war by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country!"

George Patton, 31 May 1944