Lieutenant General L. W. Walt presents the Silver Cross to HM3 Paul J. Mercurio during a visit to the 1st Recon of the 1stMarDiv in Vietnam on April 27, 1968. This photograph captures a ceremony in which the prestigious award is given to Mercurio, a Marine from Rochester, New York.

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