"Marine Corps artilleryman Lance Cpl. Billy G. Shelby of Houston, Tex., prepares to launch a inch mortar round during Operation Dewey Canyon. The "Four Deuce" mortars, the largest used by allied forces in Vietnam, are supporting the 9th Marines. Lance Cpl. Richard A. Roberts (Laporte, Tex.) and Cpl. Robert C. Effrig (Seattle, Wash.) are seen preparing for the weapon's recoil."

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