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2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st
Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Brigade, FMF.
Taken at MCB 29 Palms, June of 1961 near the end of Operation Greenlight. I'm kneeling 5th from left. |
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2nd Platoon, Charlie Company, 1st
Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, 3rd Marine Brigade, FMF.
Taken at MCB 29 Palms, June of 1961 near the end of Operation Greenlight. I'm kneeling 5th from left. |
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June 1960, Assistant BAR (Browning Automatic Rifle) man. On the left going to the field with a Field Marching Pack and Assistant BAR ("Bastard") belt. Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii. On the right in the field at Molokai, Hawaii.
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Left. A BAR man, 19.7 pounds of automatic rifle.
13 pounds of ammo with a fully loaded ammo belt.
Right. Qualifying with the BAR, Kaneohe Bay. |
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Left. November 1960, field testing the then new
M-14 and M-14 modified. Replacements for the M-1 and BAR.
Right. Field testing the then new M-60 Machine Gun. Replacement for the M-1919A4 Machine Guns. |
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Qualifying with the M-1919A4 Machine Gun at the 1,000 inch range. |
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Left. Just like the Marines of today we were
always going somewhere, only today the equipment is a lot better.
Right. When we weren't in the field we either had inspections or Guard Duty. Not much has changed except the uniforms. |