L-R:  Maj Roger P. Fox with his hands on his hips, A2C Alvin W. Curie holding the rifle, A2C Tommy C. Poole and Lt General William W. Momyer, just after the award ceremony. The SKS is a Soviet 7.62x39mm caliber semi-automatic carbine, designed in 1945 by Sergei Gavrilovich Simonov.