US Marine Sergeant (SGT), Lawrence C. Salcido, 3rd Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, 3D Marine Division, verifies the lay with a M1A1 GUNNER's Quadrant, in preparation to fire the M198 155mm Medium Towed Howitzer at Gun Position 10, East Camp Fuji, Japan. This training area is part of the units nine firing day relocation shoot, designed to enhance military occupational specialty proficiency within the artillery field
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: FOAL EAGLE 2000
Base: Marine Corps Base, Camp Fuji
State: Honshu
Country: Japan (JPN)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT John G. Vannucci
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
04/11/2000
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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