[U.S. Marine Lcpl. Nathan "Baby Shoe" Conway]
Photograph
[U.S. Marine Lcpl. Nathan "Baby Shoe" Conway]
From Afghanistan: Garmsir Marines
2008
Inkjet print
Image: 51.9 x 34.5 cm (20 7/16 x 13 9/16 in.)
Overall: 61 x 51.1 cm (24 x 20 1/8 in.)
Gift of the photographer
2010.0043.0003
Inscriptions Signed, titled, dated, and editioned in ink on verso, BR: U.S. Marine Lcpl. Nathan "Baby Shue" Conway age 21, Garmsir, Helmand, Afghanistan. 2/25 \ LP Louie Palu © Afghanistan 2008
(back printing): Epson Professional Paper
(back printing): Epson Professional Paper
TextFrom the artist:
U.S. Marine Lcpl. Nathan "Baby Shoe" Conway age 21 who is part of Alpha Company of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1/6, after a patrol in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan at Forward Operating Base Apache North. Located in Southern Helmand Province, Garmsir has been a haven for insurgents for the last several years. Earlier this year the Marines cleared the area after a period of heavy fighting. Nathan is from Dunmore PA and this is his first tour of Afghanistan.
U.S. Marine Lcpl. Nathan "Baby Shoe" Conway age 21 who is part of Alpha Company of the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) Battalion Landing Team (BLT) 1/6, after a patrol in Garmsir District, Helmand Province, Afghanistan at Forward Operating Base Apache North. Located in Southern Helmand Province, Garmsir has been a haven for insurgents for the last several years. Earlier this year the Marines cleared the area after a period of heavy fighting. Nathan is from Dunmore PA and this is his first tour of Afghanistan.
