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14th Annual Smithsonian Magazine Photo Contest The American Experience
"This Beach Is Mine"

This declaration was on the side of one of the military vehicles on the beach. I captured this image because of the Marine perched on the front of it attaching a flag and because of the unit's slogan: "This Beach Is Mine."

Photo Detail
Date Taken: 06.2016
Date Uploaded: 06.2016
Photo Location: Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States of America
Camera: PENTAX K-r
Copyright: © Frances Everette-Gayther