Lieutenant Colonel Loon H. Utter, Commanding Officer of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, greets the honorable Robert S. McNamara, Secretary of Defense during his official visit to Forces in the Qui Nhon sector of Vietnam on July 19, 1965. Photograph taken by Cpl S. Dahl, Defense Dept. Photo (Marine Corps), identifier A181,807 LEF 127 GVB-269.

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