Marine Corps Birthday Pageant, Camp Pendleton, 10 November 1954.

“Beginning as it was with the first Marine Corps uniforms and on to the present day attire, these Marines depict the progress of the Marine Corps. Camp Pendleton Marines reenacted many of the highlights of the Marine Corps history at the gala pageant stated November 10th the 179th anniversary of the founding of the Corps.”

From the Marion Fischer Collection (COLL/858) at the Marine Corps Archives and Special Collections