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National Archives Photograph

Courtesy National Archives

Filipino guerillas, many of whom had been fighting the Japanese since January 1942, line up for inspection following the American invasion of the Philippines in October 1944. The Filipinos are armed with a variety of American weapons, including a 1918 Browning Automatic Rifle and a 1903A1 Springfield rifle.

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