Marine Lance Corporal Jamie Stern adjusts the elevation of an 81mm mortar, while Private First Class William Leonhardle half-loads ammunition. Corporal Mat Peterson receives firing mission orders from the platoon commander over a field phone. This photograph was taken on September 12, 1965, by Sergeant J. Reid during military activities of the 3rd Marine Division in Vietnam.

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