A Marine machine gunner and his assistant are in position to defend their perimeter. The weapon they are using is an M-60 machine gun. They are taking part in the Marine Rifle Squad Competition at Marine Corps Development and Education Command

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Summary

The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: CPL Kevin Blew

Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

date_range

Date

16/05/1979

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Source

The U.S. National Archives

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Link

https://catalog.archives.gov/

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