During Operation Piranha in September 1965, Gunnery Sergeant John J. Sneed of Howtar Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines, was promoted by Lieutenant Colonel W. H. Peck, the Battalion Commander. This photograph captures the graduation and promotion ceremony as part of American military activities during the Vietnam War.

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