I have some photos of two Type 99 Japanese rifles in 7,7 caliber, these rifles were sent back from Japan by my cousin who was in the 5th Marines, one for my father and the other for my uncle, they now belong to me. I have shot them with 7,7 Norma Jap and they work.
With the 75th Anniversary of Iwo Jima on Feb 19th here is some background on my cousin. He graduated from high school in June 1944 and turned 18 years old on July 4th 1944, six weeks later he was drafted in the USMC. He landed with the 5th Marines in the first wave on Iwo Jima, he was in forward fire control with three other marines. They directed aircraft on bombing and naval gunfire, he spent thirty one days on Iwo Jima without any injury. Later they were sent to Japan after Iwo Jima. He did not talk about the war for almost forty years but did tell me he carried a Winchester Model 12 shotgun. He died a few years ago.
With the 75th Anniversary of Iwo Jima on Feb 19th here is some background on my cousin. He graduated from high school in June 1944 and turned 18 years old on July 4th 1944, six weeks later he was drafted in the USMC. He landed with the 5th Marines in the first wave on Iwo Jima, he was in forward fire control with three other marines. They directed aircraft on bombing and naval gunfire, he spent thirty one days on Iwo Jima without any injury. Later they were sent to Japan after Iwo Jima. He did not talk about the war for almost forty years but did tell me he carried a Winchester Model 12 shotgun. He died a few years ago.
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