Lieutenant General Hoang Xuan Lam presents a token of appreciation to one of the battalion commanders from the 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines as they prepare to depart Vietnam for Okinawa. The ceremony occurred on August 1st, 1969, and was attended by Assistant Secretary of the Navy John Warner, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. This photograph was taken by Sgt. Detherage.

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