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“The Pacific” TV miniseries, produced by Steven Spielberg, Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, in association with HBO Films, Playtone, Dreamworks and Seven Network, brings the gritty combat action of the Marines in WW II’s island-hopping campaigns to the fore during this 65th anniversary of the end of the war.

Andrew Cooper

The infamous French Chauchat. Note the open side of the half-moon ammunition magazine, which was known to easily collect mud, causing jams at the worst possible times.

Courtesy of the Marine Corps History Division

In this July 12, 1962, photograph, President John F. Kennedy stands with the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps, Gen David M. Shoup, during the President’s visit to the Commandant’s home at Marine Barracks Washington, D.C.

Courtesy of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Band, Washington, D.C.

1/25 LEATHERNECKS MARCH IN BOSTON—Marines from 1st Battalion, 25th Marine Regiment stand under an American flag draped over the “Green Monster,” Fenway Park’s unique 37-foot-tall left field wall, before marching off the field after a pre-game ceremony for the 2010 Bridgestone NHL Winter Classic, Jan. 1. The U.S. Air Force provided a B-2 flyover to culminate the event.

(Photo by Sgt Randall A. Clinton)