An M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (SAW) rests on a pile of sandbags as STAFF SGT. Stout Stewart, (hometown Tyler, TX) hammers down a pole identifying fields of fire in front of Post 5 overlooking the front of the US Embassy. Special Purpose Marine Air-Ground Task Force (SPMAGTF) Liberia, a II Marine Expeditionary Force (MEF) unit from Camp Lejeune, NC, takes on the security mission at the US Embassy from the 22nd Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU). The SPMAGTF is commanded by COL. Tony L. Corwin
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: ASSURED RESPONSE
Base: Monrovia
Country: Liberia (LBR)
Scene Camera Operator: CPL. A. Olguin
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
05/07/1996
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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