College students practice with a 6.5 mm training light machine gun as part of their military service. Each university or technical college had a military training unit, that all able-bodied men were required to join. Several types of training machine guns were made; they fired bullets with a lower powder charge. In October 1943 all university students were drafted. | |
Image Filename | wwii1564.jpg |
Image Size | 1.09 MB |
Image Dimensions | 3000 x 2366 |
Photographer | Unknown |
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Caption Author | Jason McDonald |
Date Photographed | May 01, 1943 |
Location | Yoyogi Parade Grounds |
City | Tokyo |
State or Province | Tokyo Prefecture |
Country | Japan |
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