A Vietnamese girl from Ky Lyn village near the Marine Air Base, Chu Lai, anticipates the Christmas gifts she received from Santa Claus. Santa distributed over 1,000 gifts to children in villages and hamlets near the base, with the assistance of Leathernecks of Marine Aircraft Group-12. (Photograph taken in 1968 by 1stLt Joe Collins, 1st MAW 75MM Segative Vietnam)

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