General Leonard F. Chapman, Jr., Commandant of the Marine Corps, congratulates 1st Lieutenant Claud E. King and presents him with a Purple Heart at Marine Aircraft Group (MAG) 36 in Phu Bai. The ceremony took place on January 10, 1969, and included Assistant Secretary of the Navy John Warner, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.

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