14-049 Garand Picture of the Day - Defense of the Pusan Perimeter

[Mark in Rochester]

Photo #: NH 96991

Defense of the Pusan Perimeter, 1950

PFC Harold R. Bates and PFC Richard N. Martin rest atop the third objective that U.S. Marines seized overlooking the Naktong River, South Korea, 19 August 1950.
Photographed by Sgt. Frank C. Kerr, USMC.
Note: Canteen in use, M1 Rifle carried by one Marine and M1 carbine with fixed bayonet carried by the other, who has a bayonet scabbard attached to his leg.

Records indicate that H.R. Bates and R.N. Martin Survived the war

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