Marine other of WWII

Gunnery Sergeant, Drill Instructor, WWII:

Marine Corps Drill Instructor: = Ledgoned, and the DIs, of old-school, are history! They were an amazing few, prior instructors had served in places like Nicaragua, Panama, Cuba, Mexico, and Haiti. The U.S. Marine Corps had distinguished itself in France during the Great War, where the 4th Marine Brigade earned the title "Devil Dogs" for heroic action in 1918 at Belleau Wood. During the First World War, trench warfare had been fierce, and vicious., wasteful and costly, the Marine Corps could not withstand that kind of war, so that changed it. Something more than 30,000 Marines had served in France, more than a third of them were killed or wounded though, and only in six months, it was some very vicious fighting. So the DIs of the early 1940s were a tough group. They took their job, very seriously, because they were asking for a lot, and their Marines had to be ready for it when it came, and…it did. Their Recruits are volunteers, after all, later the Marines were drafted, still, it was all about commitment to the mission of the Marine Corps. They were all committed to doing this and would have to prove themselves able to stand up to the job. In World War Two, the Marines were low on the military budget list, and only had obsolete hand-me-down equipment, World War One equipment, and they had to make it work, and they did, they dialed it all in, got what they could, and made it work, and it worked quite well, like a well-oiled machine, like the M1903 30.06 Springfield Bolt-Action, clip-fed, Rifle. As the war started, these Marines were soon used up, and more were needed fast. They came in hoards and were eleven-week wonders, real well-disciplined military force to be reckoned with and now having accepted, and adapted the M1 Garand Rifle in .30 Calibre. Soon these people too, were drawn to the grinder tough, by the end of the war, it may even have been only 6 six weeks from civilian-kid, to Marines and on a Ship at sea, amazing the comradeship, and tight group of people with newer weapons and gear, like the Army, because theirs had run out.

Marine Corporal, Divisional / Artillery, Dress Greens, WWII:

Marine Self-Propelled Gun, Crewman, WWII:

Marine Armor Crewman, WWII:

I don’t know much, but I thought a Marine Tanker had the upper hand against the Japanese Armor…but when did that happen, not these poor guys had it hard before they even got off the boat, if they made it to the beach, then the sea wall or jungle would hold you up, or just sink in the sand, and hot, and drew everyone’s attention.