Military Photo of the Day: Climbing Down the Rope

Marines Climb Down Rope on USS Philadelphia, November 1942
Members of the Marine Corps Detachment aboard the USS Philadelphia climb down the side of the ship at Safi, French Morocco.
From the Donald Passoth Collection (COLL/5053) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division.
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