Photo: Young Marine Shows off Challenge Coin

Jorge Solis, 5, shows Marine Corps Sgt. Benjamin Maple the challenge coins he recieved during his tour of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, Calif., Aug. 10, 2012.

Solis, who has retinoblastoma, a rare eye cancer, wished to be a Marine for a day. Maple is kennel master at the K-9 kennels on the Marine base. 

U. S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Jovane Henry