Marine Corps Sergeant Ronald A. Stup, from Bethesda, Maryland, relays information to planes taking off from Marine Aircraft Group 12 in Chu Lai, Vietnam. He provides crucial information from the control tower, located 30 feet above the runway, to pilots in the complex. This photograph was taken on October 10, 1966.

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