Lieutenant General Lewis W. Walt congratulates G Company, 2nd Battalion, 5th Regiment in Vietnam in October 1966. The soldiers were about to embark on a night ambush mission, and the general wished them good luck. Image taken by ICpl. Romine and labeled as Defense Department Photo (Marine Corps A187926 vwm 127 GVB-270).

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