With bayonets fixed on their AK-47 assault rifles, Soviet naval infantry (Marine) commandos perform hand-to-hand combat drills for their American visitors. The guided missile frigate USS KAUFFMAN (FFG 59) and the Aegis guided missile cruiser USS THOMAS S. GATES (CG 51) are making the second goodwill visit to a Soviet port by US naval vessels since World War II
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Kherson
Country: U.S.S.R. (SUN)
Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Scott Allen, USN
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
04/08/1989
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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