Caption: Second Lieutenant Jerry B. Gormez, platoon commander with A Company, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines, watches airstrikes during Operation Prairie II in Vietnam on March 3, 1967. His radio operator, Corporal Larry T. Dennis, relays information to the Forward Observer in the spotter plane following the action. Image courtesy of the Defense Department, photographed by LCpl Scott H. Leighty.

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