{"id":84445,"date":"2024-01-05T02:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T07:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=84445"},"modified":"2023-10-06T22:29:11","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T02:29:11","slug":"pacific-theater-usmc-modified-johnson-m1941-rifle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2024\/01\/05\/pacific-theater-usmc-modified-johnson-m1941-rifle\/","title":{"rendered":"Pacific Theater USMC-Modified Johnson M1941 Rifle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NMSi4o0UjkQ?si=KHGFH2t23u7SfcdN\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 25 Aug 2023<\/p>\n<p>Johnson M1941 rifles were used in limited numbers by the US Marine Corps in the Pacific theater of World War Two, but they were used &mdash; and generally well liked. 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