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"M Equals VC Squared: Lance Corporal James E. Gilbert (Scott, Arkansas) examines an enemy 82mm mortar captured by M Company, 3d Battalion, 7th Marines [M/3/7] in fighting five miles southwest of Da Nang. The mortar was one of three captured by the Leathernecks in hand-to-hand combat. The Marines also captured the ammunition used to spell out the equation (official USMC photo by Private First Class Ralph Evankavitch)."

From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division

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Date Taken in 1969
Source James Gilbert Examines An Enemy 82mm Mortar, 1969
Author USMC Archives from Quantico, USA

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