"Gunner " Harry Kenton, USMC, a remarkable story
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FYI -- On Samoa, in preparation for the 1942 landing on Guadalcanal, Marine Corps units were equipped with the following small arms: .30 cal water-cooled machine guns, .30 cal Browning Automatic Rifles (BAR), .45 cal Thompson sub-machine guns, .30 cal M1903 Springfield rifles, .45 cal M1911A1 semi-automatic pistols.

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"Gunner " Harry Kenton, USMC, a remarkable story - by James Pickering - 03-31-2005, 08:12 PM
"Gunner " Harry Kenton, USMC, a remarkable story - by James Pickering - 04-01-2005, 10:53 PM
"Gunner " Harry Kenton, USMC, a remarkable story - by chucktoo1926 - 06-17-2005, 10:39 PM

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