First Lieutenant W. R. Standley from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, is seen drying his socks and feet during the Vietnam War. Attached to the 3rd Battalion, Seventh Marine Regiment, as an artillery liaison officer, he took this preventive maintenance break during Operation Pitt, near Danang, approximately 12 miles north. Photograph taken on December 5, 1967, by LCpl Brusch.

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