File:Captured Japanese Parachute Drop, Content, Guadalcanal, circa 1942.jpg
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English: "This is Wing Commander Bag of the Royal Australian Air Force. This is one of the parachute drops that the Japanese dropped. There were fifteen of them on the night of the fifteenth of August. Most of them fell into our hands, not the Japanese. Each contained (shown from left to right in this picture) canned meat, concentrated rations, ammunition, cigarettes, and candy. All were found to be quite good. The method of packing ammunition is most economical in space. Entire contents were in a rubber bag in the foreground. In the hole inserted in the basket container. In the top were messages to the troops telling the of our heavy losses and that help was on the way. The commander alo holds the bag which contained the parachute. The drops were very well made and stood up well. They weighed about seventy-five pounds apiece. That was the night that they dropped them on the airfield and we thought that they were going to try to retake the airfield. But, nothing came of that."
From the Thayer Soule Collection (COLL/2266) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH |
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