Lieutenant Colonel Hite (left) and Lieutenant Colonel Gentile (right) exchanging Unit Colors during the Change of Command Ceremony for the First Tank Battalion, First Marine Division, Vietnam, on April 8, 1968. This photograph was taken by Cpl and is part of the Defense Department Photo collection (Marine Corps).

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