Gunnery Sergeant Rudolpho Harth, a Marine Corps motion picture cameraman, is seen in this photograph capturing the change of command ceremony between Major General Ormond R. Simpson and Major General Edvin B. Wheeler. The ceremony took place on December 15, 1969, and was attended by Assistant Secretary of the Navy John Warner, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale. Gunnery Sergeant Harth used a "Water-proof Arriflex Sync-sound system" to document the event. This photograph is part of a collection of images depicting American military activities during the Vietnam War.

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