Marine Corps personnel, First Lieutenants Shean and David W. Roddy, are seen in Danang, Vietnam on January 9, 1970, burning old Military Payment Certificates (MPC). The certificates, valued at $ million, were thrown into cans and set on fire. This image captures the destruction of the MPCs.

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