USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) 106mm recoilless

“With Loving Care: Lance Corporal Ronnie N. Rentz, 20 (Augusta, Georgia) of the 3d Battalion, 1st Marines [3/1], applies a protective coat of oil to his 106mm recoilless rifle while aboard the helicopter assault ship USS Valley Forge (LPH-8) as part of the Special Landing Force along the coast of Vietnam (official USMC photo by M. J. Coates).” From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division

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