US Marines sitting atop a M3 light tank, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, late Dec 1943; note fallen Japanese soldiers

Caption   US Marines sitting atop a M3 light tank, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, late Dec 1943; note fallen Japanese soldiers ww2dbase
Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Marine Corps
Identification Code   72275
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Photos on Same Day 25 Dec 1943
Photos at Same Place Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Australian New Guinea
Added By C. Peter Chen
Added Date 25 Oct 2007

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1. Chris "toadman" Hughes says:
20 Oct 2014 10:26:02 PM

It's actually an M5A1 Stuart, not an M3.

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