Photo #: NH 97106
"Vigil on Korean Ridge Top"
"Marine Leathernecks of a Forward Air Control Unit for the
U.S. Marines with the First Marine Division in Korea scan the
skies from a rugged ridge, on the alert for incoming close-air
support planes that continue to hammer at the Chinese Red troop
concentrations just a few thousand yards beyond in the rugged
Korean terrain."
Photograph and caption released by Commander Naval Forces, Far
East, under date of 1 July 1951.
Note backpack radio carried by one Marine, while another wears
earphones and holds the microphone.
Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the "All
Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.
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