2nd bat 5 marines vietnam C.M. Burks Directs 106mm Recoilless Rifle Fire, 1969
“C.M. Burks Directs 106mm Recoilless Rifle Fire, 1969. “Fire Away: 2d Battalion, 5th Marines [2/5] Sergeant Major C. M. Burks (Monticello, Arkansas) directs 106mm recoilless rifle fire during a two-day battle in the Arizona Territory; about 17 miles southwest of Da Nang. During the running battle, Marines, supported by artillery and air strikes, killed 219 enemy soldiers (official USMC photo by Sergeant J. A. Mullins).”