11-362 garand Picture of the Day - Guantanamo Naval Base 1961

[Mark in Rochester]

An observation post at Guantanamo Naval Base.
Location: Cuba
Date taken: January 11, 1961
Photographer: Dmitri Kessel



Marines overlooking "No Mans Land" ranch on grounds of Guantanamo Naval Base.
Location: Guantanamo, Cuba
Date taken: 1962
Photographer: Robert W. Kelley



US Marines at Guantanamo Naval Base.
Location: Guantanamo, Cuba
Date taken: October 1962
Photographer: Robert W. Kelley




A US Marine guard looking through an M49 Spotting scope at Guantanamo Naval Base.
Location: Cuba
Date taken: February 1960
Photographer: Hank Walker

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[Thumper]

In picture number 2, is that a NM rear sight? Or a shiper version

[Mark in Rochester]

Thumper - looks like trees to me - at first i thought it might be a M1C

[Thumper]

Your probably right, my eyes are old and don't work so well anymore.

Also, in the last picture, the scope tripod legs, one of them is off the box, kind of hard to hold steady don't you think