MacArthur was right too. We had 30-06 rounds, and logistics won the war.
Absolutely
as i posted on another thread: Interesting enough saturday i went to look at a mint asaki landing rifle that a 90 year old vet had. he was considering selling, and i told him i was interested.
he was on McArthur's staff in 1946 in japan. He showed me a loaded round he had confused with going with the asaki. It was a 1935 F.A. (frankfurt arsonel) 30.06 round that he had brought home with him. Interesting in that it was made 10years prior to the conclusion of the war. While the m1 Garand was to be basically a .270, all that ammo is what influenced the decision for 30.06. I have some spam cans of ammo dating back to WWII in the pacific. Almost tempting, to open it to see the headstamps, but not going to do it.
The japanese rife by the way was pristine, with the mum on it, leather sling, mint bayonet/scabbard. only hope he sells it to me.
