US Marine M1 mortar team putting together the weapon in exercise, Camp Pendleton, California, United States, 1943US Army troops training with 81mm M1 mortar, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 24 Apr 1943; note M1 CarbineUS M1 mortar team, Sicily, Italy, mid-1943US 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment mortar team in Italy with M1 mortar, Italy, Sep 1943
US Marine M1 mortar team putting together the weapon in exercise, Camp Pendleton, California, United States, 1943US Army troops training with 81mm M1 mortar, Camp Carson, Colorado, United States, 24 Apr 1943; note M1 CarbineUS M1 mortar team, Sicily, Italy, mid-1943US 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment mortar team in Italy with M1 mortar, Italy, Sep 1943
Mortar men of US 1st Marine Division firing against a Japanese artillery position, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa 15-25 Dec 1943An US Marine mortar team shelling a Japanese position somewhere in the Pacific, date unknown; note the near-verticle angle of the M1 Mortar barrel and the M1 CarbineJapanese-American mortar crew of 100th Infantry Battalion, US 442nd Regimental Combat Team firing into suspected German sniper positions, Montenero area, Italy, 7 Aug 1944, photo 1 of 2Japanese-American mortar crew of 100th Infantry Battalion, US 442nd Regimental Combat Team firing into suspected German sniper positions, Montenero area, Italy, 7 Aug 1944, photo 2 of 2
Mortar men of US 1st Marine Division firing against a Japanese artillery position, Cape Gloucester, New Britain, Bismarck Archipelago, circa 15-25 Dec 1943An US Marine mortar team shelling a Japanese position somewhere in the Pacific, date unknown; note the near-verticle angle of the M1 Mortar barrel and the M1 CarbineJapanese-American mortar crew of 100th Infantry Battalion, US 442nd Regimental Combat Team firing into suspected German sniper positions, Montenero area, Italy, 7 Aug 1944, photo 1 of 2Japanese-American mortar crew of 100th Infantry Battalion, US 442nd Regimental Combat Team firing into suspected German sniper positions, Montenero area, Italy, 7 Aug 1944, photo 2 of 2
African-American troops of the US 92nd Infantry Division shelling Germans with their mortar rounds near Massa, Italy, circa Nov 1944Japanese-American troops of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team firing a round of mortar, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France, circa late 1944M1 mortar team on near the Rhine River, Germany, 1945US Marine mortar team, Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
African-American troops of the US 92nd Infantry Division shelling Germans with their mortar rounds near Massa, Italy, circa Nov 1944Japanese-American troops of US 442nd Regimental Combat Team firing a round of mortar, Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France, circa late 1944M1 mortar team on near the Rhine River, Germany, 1945US Marine mortar team, Iwo Jima, Japan, 1945
US Marine Corps M1 mortar team during Battle of Chosin Reservoir near Koto-ri, Korea, Nov-Dec 1950
US Marine Corps M1 mortar team during Battle of Chosin Reservoir near Koto-ri, Korea, Nov-Dec 1950
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