"Corporal Dennis L. Peterson and Lance Corporal James P. Thomas from Marine Attack Squadron (VMW)-223 attach a 200-pound Jet Assistance Take Off (JATO) bottle to the speed brakes of an A4E Skyhawk. Each JATO bottle adds 4,500 pounds of thrust to the aircraft. Photograph taken on September 14, 1966, at Marine Aircraft Group (MAG)-12 in Vietnam. Defense Department photo (Marine Corps)."

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