November 1944. (Commando raid by No. 5 Army Commando, 3rd Special Service Brigade): Water churning at the stern of a Royal Indian Navy motor launch (ML), probably a Fairmile B Class motor gunboat; tilt up to a Landing Craft Personnel (LCP) under tow. Commandos service their weapons which are early-model (M1928) Thompson submachine guns with Cutts muzzle compensator and vertical foregrips. A man in the background appears to have an American M1 Garand rifle, rarely seen in British service. Two men; one oiling a machete and the other a bayonet. A man reassembles his Thompson, works the cocking handle, and looks down the sights. LCP under tow. Men eating from their mess tins. View of the sea state. Commandos embarking on ML 412 and 413 at Teknaf jetty. Commandos onboard a gunboat 'camming up' by blackening their faces. A Commando with a blackened face smokes a cigarette; another lights a cigarette from it. View of a sunset over the Indian Ocean.
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