Two soldiers ready to give cover fire with an M1919 Browning machine gun as others cross a shallow river, most likely training exercises at Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1944
U.S. Army Signal Corps photograph, Gift of Donald E. Mittelstaedt, from the collection of the National WWII Museum
Description:
From Volume 1: South Pacific Theater. Two soldiers ready to give cover fire with an M1919 Browning machine gun as others cross a shallow river, most likely training exercises. ".30 cal light (air cooled) machine gun covers troops crossing jungle river in Guadalcanal." Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands. [1944]
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1944
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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.
Geography:
Guadalcanal
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-9.533
Longitude:
160.200
Thesaurus for Graphic Materials:
Soldiers--American--Guadalcanal
Machine guns--American--Guadalcanal