"Grenades close at hand and their position littered with empty shell casings, American infantrymen with the Mars Task Force, using light machine gun and telescopic rifle sight, wage a hilltop battle with the Japs for control of the Burma Road between Wanting and Lashio."

Look at the front guy's rifle. 'Hell is it's name'

Good Old Springfield..

An American pineapple, of the kind the Axis finds hard to digest, is ready to leave the hand of an infantryman in training at Fort Belvoir, Va. American soldiers make good grenade throwers; Unknown date; LC-USW361-451

Soldier Throws Grenade

Infantryman with halftrack, a young soldier of the armed forces, holds and sights his Garand rifle like an old timer, Fort Knox, Ky. He likes the piece for its fine firing qualities and its rugged, dependable mechanism. LC-DIG-fsac-1a35212