Second Lieutenant Jerry E. Gormez, 1st Platoon Commander, A Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, points towards the area from which a recent Viet Cong mortar attack was launched. He is seen in discussion with Lance Corporal Gerald E. Cooke, A Company Forward Observer, during combat operations in Vietnam. This photograph was taken on March 3, 1967, by LCpl Scott M. Laighty for the Defense Department.

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