Marine Corps personnel of the 1st Battalion, 9th Marines bow their heads during a departure ceremony in Vietnam on July 14, 1969. Vietnamese schoolgirls present momentos given by President Thieu. The ceremony was attended by Assistant Secretary of the Navy John Warner, Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, and Dr. Norman Vincent Peale.

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