Three U.S. Marines point Springfields .303 bolt action rifles toward enemy territory from a sand-bagged foxhole on the front lines on Guadalcanal on Oct. 14, 1942. 
   Not all Marine units were equipped with M-1 Garand rifles until the campaign was almost over.

One is bolt action, the other semi-automatic

US Marines advance through a burning village on Japanese-held Saipan, Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean; June-July 1944.

Scene of action

Marines carry back from the battlefield a wounded comrade on a stretcher; Saipan, Mariana Islands, Pacific Ocean, June 1944.