A U.S. Marine with a captured Japanese Type 92,  7.7 mm heavy machine gun; Saipan, Mariana Islands, South Pacific Ocean, 1945. 

Very reliable weapon

Three young U.S. Marines relax with a rifle at the ready in front of a smelly house they named "Tobacco Road" on the island of Saipan, Mariana Islands, South Pacific; July 1944.


Just laying in the sun

   LVT (Landing Vehicle Track) "Buffalo" Amtracs landing on Saipan Beach, Mariana Islands, South Pacific; June 15 1944.  
  Saipan saw the massive use of the LVTs by the USMC with six battalions of cargo LVT, including the new ramped LVT-4, and two battalions of armored Amtracs, employing the new LVT(A)-4 with a 75 mm howitzer. 