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- Force Logistic Command (FLC). Photographer: Corporal (Cpl) Walter Leetch. LIGHT LITE—Multi-purpose illumination system, better known as a “backpack bushwack,” is displayed by Private First Class Harry Klinefelter, battery technician with Material Handling Equipment Platoon, Force Logistic Command. Constructed of salvaged parts, the “backpack bushwack” weighs less than 40 pounds and is carried in a standard haversack. Designed to aid small units operating at night, no more than a flick...
- ...of a switch activates the battery-powered system. It was designed by Master Sergeant A. W. Hargrove, platoon operations chief.

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These captioned, black & white photographs include scenes from combat and evacuation operations; and personalities such as President Ngo Dinh Diem, US presidents Johnson and Nixon, and personalities such as Walter Cronkite, Martha Raye, and Bob Hope. There are views of interactions between Marine Corps personnel and Vietnamese civilians. Also in this series are photos of Operation Homecoming, the return of American Marine prisoners of war to the United States.

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Publication Title:: Photographs of Marine Corps Activities in Vietnam, 1962-1975 (B/W)
Content Source:: NARA
Partner:: NARA
NARA Publication Year:: n.d.
Footnote Publication Year:: 2008
RG:: 127
Footnote Job:: 08-084
Series:: 127-GVB
Language:: English
Short Description:: US Defense Department photographs of activities in Vietnam, 1962-75, including equipment, facilities, officials, soldiers, Vietnamese civilians, among others.
Category:: Individuals and Groups
Browse Subject:: Individuals and Groups - 1969
Subject Description:: Individuals and Groups - 1969
Date Month:: [Blank]
Date Day:: [Blank]
Date Year:: [Blank]
Place:: Vietnam
Photo Id:: A193007
NARA Reference Number:: 127-GVB-231-A193007
Original data from:: The National Archives