US Marine SGT R. Moore, left, of Swainsboro, Georgia, and PFC James Wiltsie, of Stratford, Connecticut, back to camera, hand the barrel of an anti-aircraft gun to LCPL Mike Delhormer, from Lafayette, Louisiana. The gun was confiscated during a sweep of the Bakara arms market in Mogadishu. Moore and Wiltsie are with the Headquarters Company, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marine Division. Delhormer is with Regiment Combat Team 7. Both units are out of Twentynine Palms, California. This mission is in direct support of Operation Restore Hope
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: RESTORE HOPE
Base: Bakara Market, Mogadishu
Country: Somalia (SOM)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 (Aw) R. Oriez
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
30/01/1993
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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