Military Photo of the Day: A Little Help

By Shannon Henderson Published on October 8, 2017

Marine Tosses a Rifle to J.T. Furman, October 1968

“A Little Help: A Marine (lower left) tosses an M-16 rifle up a steep slope to Sergeant J. T. Furman, 22 (Yuma, Arizona). Both are members of the 1st Platoon, 2d Battalion, 1st Marines [2/1], 1st Marine Division, and were searching caves in the Marble Mountain complex south of Da Nang for enemy weapons caches (official USMC photo by Private First Class B. R. Sanchez).”

From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division

 

 

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