Two men of a machine gun crew man a .30 cal M1919 A4 Browning machine gun at an unknown location in July 1944

U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
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From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two men of a machine gun crew man a .30 cal M1919 A4 Browning machine gun. "Machine gunners dig in camouflaged positions (Jul 44)". Location unknown (possibly the Marianas: Saipan, Tinian, or Guam). July 1944

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1944-07-
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Items from the service of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, consisting of photographs of the 161st Signal Photographic Company Combat Unit #10 which served on Espiritu Santos, Guadalcanal, New Britain, New Guinea, Noemfor, Leyte, Samar and Luzon.
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South Pacific Ocean
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Machine guns--American