Ricards_King_Cleans_His_M-16,_19_December_1967_(29259454721).jpg


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"Tool Cleaning: Private First Class Ricardo King, 19 (Savannah, Georgia), of the 81mm mortar platoon, 3d Battalion, 1st Marines [3/1], carefully cleans his M-16 aboard the helicopter assault ship USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) while part of the Special Landing Force along the coast of Vietnam (official USMC photo by Corporal M. J. Coates)."

From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division

OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
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Source Ricards King Cleans His M-16, 19 December 1967
Author USMC Archives from Quantico, USA

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