US Marines in Shanghai, China, mid-1937; note M1917 helmets, Thompson submachine gun, M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, and M1917 machine gun

Caption     US Marines in Shanghai, China, mid-1937; note M1917 helmets, Thompson submachine gun, M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle, and M1917 machine gun ww2dbase
Photographer    Unknown
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Second Battle of Shanghai   Main article  Photos  Maps  
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Browning Automatic Rifle M1918 'BAR'   Main article  Photos  
Browning M1917   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 1,024 x 631 pixels
Photos at Same Place Shanghai, China
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  This anonymous work originating in the Republic of China is in the public domain. Its copyright expired 50 years after the work was made available to the public. The Republic of China governed mainland China until 1949, after which it relocated to Taiwan. Copyright protection for anonymous works under the post-1949 communist Beijing government is also 50 years.

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