Japanese Engineers Tested Captured US Rifles — Then Realized Why Their Troops Were Outgunned

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On May 6th, 1942, when the fortress island of Corugodor surrendered to Japanese forces, thousands of American M1 Garand rifles fell into enemy hands. Among the captured weapons stockpiled at Manila Bay were rifles still warm from the last American soldiers who had carried them. Japanese naval ordinance officers had been sent to the Philippines spec... Read More