Staff Sergeant William A. Petch, age 24, inserts a blasting cap into a block of TNT during a demolition disposal mission in Vietnam. This photo was taken on October 30, 1969, by LCpl John Gentry, a photographer with the 1st Marine Division. SSG Petch was the Weapons Platoon Commander for India Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment.

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