11-26-18 Garand Picture of the Day

[Mark in Rochester]

Members of the 1st Airborne Battle Group, 187th Infantry, patrol through Chiah, a suburb of Beirut, in 1958.
Source: National Archives

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[Paul S.]

None of them seem to be paying any attention to what is around them. All eyes forward, the lot.

[browningautorifle]

The crew behind seems to have a completely different posture. This one is likely a photog thing.

[Daan Kemp]

Look at the eyes.

Not an active combat patrol; keeping the peace, maintaining a deterrent presence, scanning for anything unusual, supporting the population, etc.

[Bob Womack]

It's amazing what a camera does to a work environment. There are people who just can't keep from posing.


Bob

[RichardX]

Keep your interval.

[browningautorifle]

There are people who just can't keep from posing.

Right, look at the next crew. Nothing like these.