Chaplain Eli Takesian of the 3rd Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, distributes communion to soldiers during Operation Adair in Vietnam. This photograph captured the religious practices conducted in the field by the military during the war. Photographer: Cpl. Aker, captured on June 29, 1967.

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