Corporal Barry Todd, a telephone wireman with Marine Wing Communication Squadron-1, hooks up wires for a fourth telephone switchboard at the Wing Telephone exchange in Vietnam. The phone center facilitates over 300 lines connecting various Wing units in locations such as Da Nang, Khe Sanh, Quang Tri, Phu Bai, and Chu Lai, handling around 3,000 calls daily. Photograph taken on May 16, 1968, by LCpl Nelson.

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