Gunnery Sergeant Adam Banks, from 619 Bellecastle St., New Orleans, La., receives the Silver Star Medal from Lieutenant Colonel Rexroad, Commanding Officer of Third Battalion, Fifth Regiment, on June 8, 1968. The ceremony took place in Vietnam, and this photograph is part of the Defense Department collection.

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