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PFC. White, Tactical Platoon, The Basic School, demonstrates the proper procedure for throwing a grenade

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PFC. White, Tactical Platoon, The Basic School, pulls the safety pin from a grenade during a grenade-throwing demonstration

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The original finding aid described this photograph as:

Base: Marine Corps Base, Quantico

State: Virginia (VA)

Country: United States Of America (USA)

Scene Camera Operator: CPL. A. D. Haynes

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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11/07/1988
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General (GEN) Alfred M. Gray Jr., commandant of the Marine Corps, talks to an officer during the Basic School change of command ceremony. With Gray is Lieutenant General (LGEN) Frank E. Petersen Jr., commanding general, Marine Corps Development and Education Command

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