Caption: Damage to an M-107 175mm gun caused by a premature explosion of a round in its tube. The incident occurred on May 28, 1970, at Combat Base An Hoa, 20 miles southwest of Da Nang during the Vietnam War. Photographed by SSgt Nagy, this image shows the aftermath of the explosion.

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