Lieutenant Colonels Charles H. Knowles and George C. Kliefoth stand at attention during a formal change of command ceremony in Vietnam on March 6, 1969. Troops from the First Battalion of the 26th Marine Regiment pass in review. Colonel Kliefoth assumes command, replacing Colonel Knowles, who will become the assistant chief of staff for the Ninth Marine Amphibious Brigade in Okinawa. Major General Ormond Simpson, command general of the First Marine Division, attends the ceremony.

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