"Captured Chinese communist AK-47 rifle presented to Marine Colonel Thomas H. Nichols by Air Force Captain A. W. Estes during the Vietnam War. The rifle was obtained as a trophy from the tri-service assault on Hamburger Hill. Marine close air support from MAG-12 conducted 60 air strikes on Communist positions during the battle."

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