Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364499 - Pvt. Andy Hamilton, Vincentown, New Jersey; Pvt. Chester Klovas, Chicago, Ill.; Pfc. Harry Reynolds, Loogoote, Ind.; gun crew of the .50 caliber machine gun is credited with half of 109 Japanese slain on Biak Island on the 22 June 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364603 - .50 Cal. machine gun in perimeter defense of Btry "A", 135th FA Bn., 37th Div.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364576 - Pfc. G. Harris of the 951st AA and AW Bn. loading a multiple machine gun, one of the many gun positions guarding the bomber and fighter strips on Bougainville.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364567 - Pfc. Sam P. Montana, 414 Lincoln Ave., Rockford, Ill., and Pfc. Joe G. Maduna, Dickinson, North Dakota, 25th Combat Team, 93rd Div., man .50 cal. MG on Hill 250, Bougainville.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364492 - .50 caliber firing at Japanese installations on Manus Island, Admiralty Group, by Bos'n/M Jack Stranathan, Long Beach, Cal., and S/1 O Maurice Frolich, Meridan, Mississippi.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364609 - .50 cal. MG of 199th AA, Btry A, located at perimeter of 145th Inf., 37th Div. commanding a draw leading to Lake Kathleen.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364501 - 77th Div. loads on to LCIs at Rizal, Leyte, P.I. 7 December, 1944.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364312 - Gunner Pvt. Nick Hotolsky, Russellton, Pa. and gunner Pfc. Roman Vinicki, South Bend, Ind., laying in the snow and guarding a road junction with their .50 caliber machine gun.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364245 - A .50 caliber machine gun crew from the 46th Engr. Const. Bn. at Fort Sil, Okla., prepares to open up on an approaching enemy tank during realistic training problem on the Fort Sill range.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364538 - T/4 Frank Usiak of 1119 Berkshire Ave., Pittsburg, Pa., 3rd U.S. Army, gives his .50 caliber water-cooled machine gun an overhaul near Echternach, Luxembourg.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364512 - 50 cal. machine gun with a 75mm gun in background firing at the Japs on Hill 1445. Puerto Princese, Palawan, P.I.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364495 - A 50. cal. water-cooled machine gun and crew at the old jetty on Orange Beach, Arawe, New Britain.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364488 - .50 caliber heavy machine gun mounted on 18" toboggan with pioneer equipment strapped on.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 374806 - Men gather around an M-54 to get their pay. 1 February, 1945.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 374657 - These 3rd U.S. Army machine gunners have mounted their .50 cal. machine gun so it will shoot through a slot in the wall, and then through a window, in the Saar area, Germany.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364475 - 50. cal. liquid-cooled M.G. emplacement at Lake James being manned by Pfc. Theron D. Davis, Lee Summit, Missouri, and Pvt. Lawrence Hayden, Waco, Texas, of 456 C.A. Bat. A.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364097 - Cpl. Carson Williams, Charleston, W.Va., right, 9th Regt., 2nd Inf. Div., is questioned on maintenance of .50 cal. machine gun by Lt. Gen. Edward M. Almond, left, CG X Corps...
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364302 - Crouched behind a .50 caliber machine gun, American machine gunner of the Seventh Army, provides protective cover for advancing infantrymen...
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364276 - Always crowded with work is the small arms repair section of the 559th Ordnance Heavy Maintenance Company, supporting combat units of the First U.S. Army in its drive on the Siegfried Line.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364478 - Pvt. Sam Zimmerman, Goose Creek, Texas, S.V. Bat., 12th F.A. digging emplacement in 2' of snow along road to halt infantry - .50 caliber air-cooled Browning machine gun - four men can make emplacement in one hour.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 334755 - Pvt. William J. Burick of New York City, N.Y., gunner, and Pfc. Lawrence E. Bratton of Swanton, Ohio, ammunition fetcher, man a .50 caliber machine gun in a dugout on the 37th Division Command Post's defense line.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 364666 - Behind the screen of brush and barbed wire in a row of foxholes, front to rear:
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SC 221576 - Firing German and American automatic weapons to familiarize troops with their characteristic sounds.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 348634 - An ROK soldier of the 15th Regt., 1st ROK Div., sights through his well-camouflaged .50 cal. machine gun at the North Korean enemy, north of Taegu. 18 September, 1950.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 329821 - The .50 cal. machine gun and crew of the 90th Coastal Artillery are temporarily stationed at Oujda, North Africa, near U.S. Fifth Army headquarters upon the request of the Sultan of Morocco for his protection during his visit there.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 329685 - The crew of a .50 cal. machine gun digs a large hole in the frozen ground near Freyneux, Belgium, to emplace their gun.
Signal Corps Archive:
SC 396906 - Seventh Army cavalrymen (L-R) Pvt. Ralph W. Adams, 11 Boutelle St., Leominster, Mass., and Pvt. Frank G. Lapka, 115 Honesdale Rd., Carbondale, Pa., wait by their machine gun for further enemy activities...