04-01-2005, 10:53 PM
FYI -- On Samoa, in preparation for the 1942 landing on Guadalcanal, Marine Corps units were equipped with the following small arms: .30 cal water-cooled machine guns, .30 cal Browning Automatic Rifles (BAR), .45 cal Thompson sub-machine guns, .30 cal M1903 Springfield rifles, .45 cal M1911A1 semi-automatic pistols.