Soldiers from the Army's 196th Brigade presented a captured assault rifle to Marine Aircraft Group-12's Commanding Officer, Colonel Charles B. Armstrong, Jr. The rifle was taken during a recent campaign against the North Vietnamese Army, with Marine close air support accounting for over 250 enemy kills.

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