Sgt Richard K. Bostard, Jr., from Apollo, Pennsylvania, holds up a 7-foot-long letter sent to him by a girl he has never met while serving in Vietnam. The photograph was taken on May 28, 1969, in the 3rd Marine Division. It is an official Defense Department photo (Marine Corps) with the identifier A193760 and the GVB-238 code.

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