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Two combat ready Marines are in the prone position with their M-16A1 rifles and an M-203 40mm grenade launcher attacked to the first rifle. The Marines are approaching their objective during Operation CAX-1-2-82
A combat-ready Marine, armed with an M-16A1 rifle, is partly in the prone position as he and the rest of his fire team assault an enemy bunker. The Marines are participating in Operation CAX 1-2-82 at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center
Three combat-ready Marines prepare an M-60A1 machine gun for firing on range 410. This is part of Operation CAX 1-2-82, held at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center
Two combat-ready Marines from Weapons Co., 1ST Bn., 8th Marines, armed with M-60A1 machine guns, man an observation post during Operation CAX 1-2-82 at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center
Four combat ready Marines from Weapons Company, 1ST Battalion, 8th Marines, are in the prone position with their M-16A1 rifles and an M-203 40mm grenade launcher attacked to the first rifle. The Marines are assaulting their objective during Operation CAX-1-2-82
Two combat-ready Marines, an M-60A1 gunner and his assistant, are practice-firing the M-60A1 machine gun. The Marines are participating in Operation CAX 1-2-82 at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center
Four combat ready Marines assault their objective by using live fire from their M-16A1 rifles and M-203 40mm grenade launchers mounted on their rifles. The Marines are a part of Kilo Company, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines and are participating in Operation CAX-1-2-82
A combat-ready fire team from Co. C, 1ST Bn., 8th Marines, are in the prone position with their M-16A1 rifles, as they prepare to assault an enemy bunker. This is part of Operation CAX 1-2-82, held at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center
A close-up view of a combat-ready Marine (CPL Williams) as he uses a pair of binoculars to look at the next objective. The Marine is standing inside the turret of an M-60A1 tank. This is part of Operation CAX 1-2-82, held at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center
A combat-ready Marine from Weapons Platoon, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, looks through the sight of the M-203 grenade launcher 40mm that is attached to his M-16A1 rifle. This is part of Operation CAX 1-2-82 held at the Marine Corps Air-to-Ground Combat Center
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The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: CAX 1-2-82
Base: Twentynine Palms
State: California (CA)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SGT D.D. Smith
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
The United States Marine Corps traces its roots to the Continental Marines of the American Revolutionary War, formed by a resolution of the Second Continental Congress on 10 November 1775. That date is celebrated as the Marine Corps's birthday. Throughout the late 19th and 20th centuries, Marine detachments served aboard Navy cruisers, battleships, and aircraft carriers. About 600,000 Americans served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II, performed a central role in the Pacific War. The Pacific theatre battles saw fierce fighting between Marines and the Imperial Japanese Army. The Battle of Iwo Jima was arguably the most famous Marine engagement of the war with high losses of 26,000 American casualties and 22,000 Japanese. By the end of WWII, the Corps expanded totaling about 485,000 Marines. Nearly 87,000 Marines were casualties during World War II (including nearly 20,000 killed), and 82 were awarded the Medal of Honor. The Korean War saw the Corps expand from 75,000 regulars to a force of 261,000 Marines, mostly reservists. 30,544 Marines were killed or wounded during the war. During Vietnam War Marines evacuated Saigon. Vietnam was the longest war for Marines. By its end, 13,091 had been killed in action, 51,392 had been wounded. Marines participated in the failed 1980 Iran hostage rescue attempt, the invasion of Grenada, the invasion of Panama. On 23 October 1983, the Marine headquarters building in Beirut, Lebanon, was bombed, causing the highest peacetime losses to the Corps in its history. 220 Marines and 21 other service members were killed. Marines liberated Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War, participated in combat operations in Somalia (1992–1995), and took part in the evacuation of American citizens from the US Embassy in Tirana, Albania. Following the attacks on 11 September 2001, Marine Corps, alongside the other military services, has engaged in global operations around the world in support of War on Terror. Marines were among first sent to Afghanistan in November 2001. Since then, Marine battalions and squadrons have been engaging Taliban and Al-Qaeda forces. U.S. Marines also served in the Iraq War.
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