Lieutenant Colonel Erin D. Smith assumes command of Marine Attack Squadron-223 at Chu Lai on May 7, 1968. He replaces Lieutenant Colonel Arthur W. Anthony, Jr., who had been leading the squadron and its A-4 Skyhawks since the previous October in Vietnam. The photograph is from the Defense Department, Marine Corps archives.

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