Marine Lance Cpl. Mike Siegal, a machine gunner with the Third Marine Regiment, cleans his weapon during Operation Taylor Common near An Hoa, south of Da Nang, Vietnam on December 21, 1968. This photograph, taken by Cpl. Miko Detherage, depicts preventive maintenance practices implemented by the Marine Corps during the war.

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