historywars: Marines on Guadalcanal (1942). Note that they were issued nearly obsolete M1903 bolt-action .30-06 Springfield rifles, while the Army had begun receiving the new M1 Garand.
historywars: Marines on Guadalcanal (1942). Note that they were issued nearly obsolete M1903 bolt-action .30-06 Springfield rifles, while the Army had begun receiving the new M1 Garand.