US Marine Sergeant Marcel Cooper, Headquarters and Service Battallion Marine Corps, Quantico, Virginia, wears the gold medal he won in the 58Kg Greco-Roman competition of the 19th World Military Wrestling Championship. SGT Cooper won the match with a pin. The Conseil International du Sport Militaire 19th World Military Wrestling Championship (CISM) is a multi-national wrestling tournament hosted by Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune from Oct. 25-29. Competing nations include: Brazil, China, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Greece, Slovakia, Turkey, the United States and Vietnam. Wrestlers will be competing in two different competitions, Free-Style and Greco-Roman
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Lejeune
State: North Carolina (NC)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Jeremy T. Lock, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
20/10/2000
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The U.S. National Archives
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