Marine Corps soldier holding a captured Soviet Light Machine Gun model RPD CHICOM Type-56 during the Vietnam War. The weapon was taken from NVA troops on February 28, 1967. The photograph was taken by SSgt. Magness and is part of the Defense Department's collection (MARINE CORPS).

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