Lieutenant Colonel J. R. Gallaan Jr., Cearending Officer of Headquarters, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, presents a gift to a child of Les on Village during the Mid-Autuig Festival. Staff Sergeant C. P. Butler, the Civil Affairs non-commissioned officer for 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines, looks on. The gifts were given as part of the Vietnamese holiday similar to Christmas.

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