A Marine from Eron K Company, 4th Battalion, 11th Marines attaches a cable to a 55 howitzer in preparation for lifting by a CH-53 Sea Stallion helicopter. This took place on March 30, 1967, during Operation DaSota in Vietnam, to support the 7th Marines. This was recorded in a 35mm negative photograph labeled 6-892-67 LetMarDiv Vietnam 20Mar67. This image is part of the Defense Department's prototype collection under Marine Corps ID A373072 127 GVB-S.

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