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Online Library of Selected Images -- Picture Data

Photo #: NH 97067

Master Sergeant Avery C. Snow, USMC


Climbs out of his F9F "Panther" fighter after completing his 100th Korean War combat mission.
"He became the first enlisted pilot in the Marine Corps to fly 100 combat missions in a jet-fighter." (Quoted from the original caption)
This photograph was released by Commander Naval Forces Far East under date of 10 August 1951.
Note his .38 caliber revolver, carried in a shoulder holster.

Official U.S. Marine Corps Photograph, from the "All Hands" collection at the Naval Historical Center.

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29 October 1999