Military Photo of the Day: Recon Patrol, 1968
By Shannon Henderson
Published on July 9, 2016
Reconnaissance Patrol, 9 July 1968
“Security Check: members of the 1st Provisional Rifle Company of Marine Aircraft Group 36 [MAG-36] check for signs of the enemy during a reconnaissance patrol north of the Phu Bai Marine Air Base. The rifle company is reinforced by clerks and mechanics responsible for providing security of the group area of the base. Left to right: Gunnery Sergeant Laurence A. Martin (San Diego, California), company first sergeant; 1st Lieutenant Wes Firth (Flourtown, Pennsylvania), commanding officer; and Lance Corporal Edwin J. Rodriguez (Bronx, New York), radioman (official USMC photo by Staff Sergeant Jim Mims).”
From the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.
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