"Marine Gunnery Sergeant Oscar Shelton from Jacksonville, Ark., operates the MARS system to relay a radiogram from a Marine during the Vietnam War. The MARS station, established in December 1965, has completed over 1,500 phone patches and sent over 6,500 radiograms. Photo taken in 1966. DEFENSE DEPT. PHOTO (MARINE CORPS) A187555."

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