U.S. Marines have their rifles ready as they search for Japanese snipers in a palm grove during operations at Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands – August, 1942 [1200×834]

Comments

1. Chemical-Cream8165

   Shouldn’t they be crawling or taking cover behind trees if there is a sniper nearby?

2. Brad_Wesley

   Interesting they are carrying bolt action rifles, and not M1’s.

   I guess they are these:

   https://www.shootingillustrated.com/articles/2020/7/2/the-classics-remington-m1903-rifles-in-world-war-ii/

3. randomactsofcolor

   colorized

4. premer777

   nasty type of fighting – almost as bad as city street fighting