US 155mm Gun M1 (Long Tom) on Rendova Island

US 155mm Gun M1 (Long Tom) on Rendova Island
Here we see US troops moving a 155mm Gun M1 ('Long Tom') in the mud on Rendova Island. Once in place the gun was used to bombard the Japanese base at Munda on the mainland of New Georgia.
155mm Gun M1 ‘Long Tom’ and 8in Howitzer in WWII and Korea, David Doyle. A photographic history of the closely related 155mm Gun and 8in Howitzer, two key pieces of American artillery during the Second World War and in Korea. Includes a brief history of the gun, a section of detailed pictures of parts of the guns, a chapter on the machines used to tow and supply the guns, while the largest chapter, filling half of the book, looks at the two guns combat record in the Second World War and Korea (Read Full Review)
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