File:Tommy Gribble Displays His M-16 Rifle, 6 September 1968 (29230488972).jpg

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"Close Call: Private First Class Tommy J. Gribble (Parkersburg, West Virginia) displays his M-16 rifle, hit by an enemy AK-47 rifle round. The enemy round pierced Gribble’s forearm, passing between both bones, then smashed through is rifle stock. The Leatherneck is a member of I Company, 3d Battalion, 5th Marines [I/3/5] and was walking as point man of his squad when the round stuck. The firefight netted three confirmed North Vietnamese killed. Gribble is recuperating (official USMC photo by Corporal R. J. Del Vecchio)."

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

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