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Three Salvadoran Army soldiers sit as they clean weapons at a camp near Usulután. The soldier in the middle ensures that the tube of an M79 grenade launcher is clean. Behind them in the background is a a soldier standing. The M79 is a U.S. designed and manufactured weapon supplied to the Salvadoran government by the United States. Richard Cross took this image in 1982 while covering the presidential election and War of Liberation in El Salvador. Un grupo de soldados del ejército salvadoreño yacen sentados limpiando armas en un campamento cerca de Usulután. El soldado en el medio de la imagen se asegura de que el tubo de un lanza granadas M79 esté limpio. Detrás de ellos se observa un soldado parado. El lanza granadas M79 es un arma diseñada, fabricada y suministrada al gobierno salvadoreño por los Estados Unidos. Richard Cross tomó esta fotografía en 1982 durante su estadía en El Salvador cubriendo las elecciones y la guerra de liberación.
Weapons--Cleaning Grenade launchers Soldiers El Salvador. Ejército--Infantry Military maneuvers--El Salvador--Usulután (Department) El Salvador--History--1979-1992 Civil war
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