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Staff Sergeant Paulino R. Ortiz from Fremont, California, takes a break from his duties to write a letter home during his time in Vietnam. This photograph, taken in 1966, shows a personal moment of a Marine thinking about his loved ones back home while stationed with the 3rd Marine Division.
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