Lieutenant General Robert E. Cushman Jr., Commanding General, Third Marine Amphibious Force, examines a captured Soviet-made 37mm automatic anti-aircraft gun in the A Shau valley. This weapon was seized by soldiers from the First Cavalry Division during a sweep through the communist supply area. In just eleven days, they confiscated over 669 individual weapons, 37 crew-served weapons, and other equipment. Photograph taken on May 5, 1968, by Sgt. LeBlanc.

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