6th Machine Gun Battalion
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Photo of an officer and two NCOs from 6th MG Bn.
Captions appear to read:
"Sgt. Miller", "Lt. Manahan", and "Sgt.Carvil"
Probably taken in Germany during the winter of 1918-19.
Photo courtesy of Bruce Jarvis. |
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Barracks scene, Quantico. Members of the 1st Machine Gun Battalion in relaxed mode.
Photo by Al Appenheimer, sometime between September and December 1917.
After joining the 2nd Division in the Bourmont Training Area
in France,
the 1st MGB would be redesignated the 6th MGB.
Photo by AR Appenheimer. |
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3rd Platoon, 23rd Company.
By the snow on the ground, and the EGA device on the
helmet of one of the men, photo appears to have been
taken in Germany during the winter of 1918-19.
Photo courtesy of Frank Anguiano III. |
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Four shots of Marines training with Lewis machine gun
at Quantico during World War I.
Signal Corps photo. Thanks to Therry Schwartz.
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Unidentified
machine gun unit at Quantico, possibly from the 1st MGB,
just prior to boarding ship for France.
U.S. Defense Dept.
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Members of the 77th
Co., 6th MGB and some poilus,
awaiting the Germans near Belleau Wood.
U.S. Naval Institute
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Two shots of Americans firing Hotchkiss machine guns
near Chateau Thierry, possibly Marines at Belleau Wood.
Leslie's Photographic Review of the
World War.
Thanks to Therry Schwartz. |
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A German Minnenwerfer (trench mortar) captured by Marines during the fighting
at Belleau Wood, being towed back to a salvage station. The Marine at left,
holding a grenade in one hand and some hardtack in the other, is
Pvt Edwin Beach, of 23rd Company, 6th Machine Gun Battalion. The other Marines
are unidentified, though, in all liklihood, they are members of 23rd Company as
well.
(Signal Corps photo. Thanks to Gilles Lagin.)
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Photograph from the estate of Bertram Aanes, who served as a
member of 15th Company, 6th Machine Gun Battalion. Photo
evidently shows members of 15th Company with Hotchkiss machine
guns, in a relaxed moment, "scanning the sky for avians".
Date & location unknown.
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