Marines Joseph Jasperson and Harry D. Levis, both corpsmen from Company D, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, are washing soap off a Vietnamese boy's head before treating him for head sores during a MEDCAP (Medical Civic Action Program). The medical treatment was provided during Operation STARLIGEFT in the village of Van Trong #4 on the Van Traung Peninsula, located 12 miles south of Chu Lai.

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