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| US Marine holding M55 Reising folding-stock (left) and M50 Reising (right) submachine guns, Marine Corps Base Quantico, near Triangle, Virginia, United States, date unknown | US Marines in training at Marine Corps Base Quantico, near Triangle, Virginia, United States with M55 Reising folding-stock (left) and M50 Reising (right) submachine guns, date unknown | United States Coast Guardsman with M50 Reising submachine gun and dog on a beach in the United States, circa 1941-1945 | US Marine code talkers on Bougainville, Solomon Islands, Dec 1943 |
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| Prisoners from the German submarine U-490 on the destroyer escort USS Inch awaiting transfer to USS Croatan, 12 Jun 1944. Note the streamlined depth charges for fast-sinking and guard with a Reising M50 submachine gun. | German and Italian prisoners of war from the Normandy campaign en route Britain on the battleship USS Texas, Jun 1944. Some are sitting due to seasickness. Note guard holding a Reising M50 submachinegun. |
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