Hey Guys.
Recently earlier this month my grandfather had a stroke, and he probably will not live for very long, he served in the Pacific during WWII, and honestly I have not really gave much interest into what he did, he lives all the way in Georgia and I never really bonded with him.. He had my father at around age 40. and is pretty damn old lol, Anyways, I am scanning a crap load of photos since now I am literally the only one in my huge ass family that gets some of his old war junk, a lot of pictures/albums, but I wanted to know some more information as im not familiar at all with the sort of gear/weapons they used, he was a rifleman in I believe the 37th infantry, served in solomon islands and peliliu. Considering a LOAD of you are history buffs/military buffs and stuff, thought I'd share it with you and let you give your opinion.
Anyways ill post the first picture I scanned, obviously I apologize for the quality.. but my grandfather is the one in the middle with that rifle, and the 2 guys he is with I am pretty sure were some of his good friends, pretty sure both died. My question is if anyone knows the actual model of that rifle he is carrying, and can anyone guess what that structure is behind him? I would ask him myself, but he hardly remembers and found this photo in an old newspaper from the 1950s of him. Again any info would be useful, I just wanted to document everything I find on him, and share it, because I am the only one who is taking initiative about it.
Can anyone tell me more details about this picture? Just scanned it, was also in the album