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	Date: 1966 Title: Long Khanh Province, Republic of Vietnam...SP4 R. Richter, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, lifts his battle weary eyes to the heavens, as if to ask why? Sergeant Danial E. Spencer stares down at their fallen comrade. The day's battle ended, they silently await the helicopter which will evacute their comrade from the jungle covered hills. Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Date: June 1970 Title: Saigon, south Vietnam...Staff Sergeant Ermalinda Salazar, a woman Marine, has been nominated for the 1970 Unsung Heroine Award presented annually by the Ladies Auxillary to the veterans of foreign wars. Staff Sergeant Salazar, determined to help the children of the St. Vincent de Paul Orphanage in Vietnam in her off-duty hours, holds two of the youngsters. Source: National Archives and Records Administration
	Date: May 13, 1968 Title: Private First Class David Sletten, Medic, Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, paddles a three-man assault boat down the canal toward a breaking point during Operation Tong Thang I. Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Date: January 18, 1968 Title: OPERATION "YELLOWSTONE" VIETNAM: Following a hard day, a few members of company "A", 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry (Mechanized), 25th Infantry Division, gather around a guitar player and sing a few songs. Source: National Archives and Records Administration
	Date: 1969 Title: Soldiers carry a wounded comrade through a swampy area. Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Date: December 10, 1965 Title: Men of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, move along rice paddy dikes in pursuit of the Viet Cong. Source: National Archives and Records Administration
	Date: February 12, 1973 Title: Camp Pendleton, California. Operation Homecoming--Wives of Marines stationed at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton, wait at the Naval Air Station, Miramar for repatriated Marine prisoners of war to arrive. Source: National Archives and Records Administration
Date: July 9, 1971 Title: 1st Lt. Elaine H. Niggemann changes a surgical dressing for Mr. James J. Torgelson at the 24th Evacuation Hospital. Source: National Archives and Records Administration