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Thomas W. Messenger correspondence, January-May 1918

1918-04-05 Thomas Messenger to Mr. & Mrs. N.H. Messenger Page 8

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gun will continue to fire until the ammunition gives out. The ammunition is fed to the gun in belts which hold 250 rounds sometimes five hundred apiece. I saw an instructor fire a whole belt full (250 rounds) in twenty seconds. That beats rifles doesn't it. We used the Colt machine gun. The British Sergeant Major who is general instructor of all the machine gun companies in this Division was out there. He was firing a Vickers gun. Thats probably the gun we will
 
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