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    The memories never fade: Marines, Vietnam veterans pay tribute to fallen leader [Image 5 of 9]

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    Two men are engaged in conversation in an outdoor setting with a crowd of people in the background. One man is wearing a United States Marine Corps desert camouflage uniform (MARPAT) with a cover (cap), while the other is wearing a white t-shirt with a Marine Corps quote on the back and a red baseball cap. The setting appears to be an outdoor event or demonstration area with wooden/adobe-style structures visible.

    MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, HAWAII, UNITED STATES

    08.22.2012

    Photo by Cpl. Reece Lodder  

    Marine Corps Base Hawaii

    Former U.S. Marine Sgt. Dave Smith (right), a Vietnam veteran who served with Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, speaks with Gunnery Sgt. Tommy Vaughn, an infantry unit leader with 2/3, while viewing a military operations on urban terrain (MOUT) training facility during a visit to Marine Corps Training Area Bellows, Hawaii, Aug. 22, 2012. Smith, a native of Santa Ynez, Calif., served in Vietnam as a mortarman from 1967-1968. Nearly half a century since they fought through hell in Vietnam, approximately 30 former 2/3 Marines and their families visited the base to reminisce on their service and render honor to a brother lost in combat, Sgt. Maj. Wayne Hayes. Hayes was killed in action, Feb. 28, 1967, during Operation Prairie II while serving with many of the 2/3 veterans.

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    Date Taken: 08.22.2012
    Date Posted: 08.23.2012 22:01
    Photo ID: 650894
    VIRIN: 120822-M-MM918-005
    Resolution: 2100x1516
    Size: 2.61 MB
    Location: MARINE CORPS TRAINING AREA BELLOWS, HAWAII, US
    Hometown: SANTA YNEZ, CALIFORNIA, US

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