Major General Ormond Simpson and Major General Carl Youngdale participating in a change of command ceremony at the Division Headquarters of the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam on December 20, 1968. General Youngdale handed over command to General Simpson, while assuming the position of Deputy Commander of the 3rd Marine Amphibious Force.

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