First Lieutenant Donald P. Wyatt, a patient at C Company, 3rd Medical Battalion, makes the first Ham Radio patch call from Danang, Vietnam in December 1965. A special phone was set up in the hospital ward on Christmas Day so sick and wounded Marines and Kavymen from the 3rd Division could connect with their families back home. (DEFENSE DEPT. PHOTO - MARINE CORPS)

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