Marine veteran, Byron H. Coates, an ordnance mechanic
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Marine veteran, Byron H. Coates, an ordnance mechanic on the Maritime Prepositioning Force ship, USNS Pililaau, received a letter from President Richard Nixon’s staff assistant in response to a letter he wrote to the President on conditions in Vietnam. Coates, a staff sergeant at the time, requested better equipment. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Mandaline Hatch/Released)
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10/02/2015
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