Photograph of Spc. James E. Brown II and another soldier in Vietnam

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A black and white photograph of Spc. James E. Brown II (Delta Company, 31st Combat Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade), with an unidentified platoon member, sitting on a jeep at LZ Buttons/Sông Bé Base Camp in Vietnam. The image depicts two soldiers, in military fatigues, perched on the edge of the windshield, boots resting on the jeep's hood. The two figures, side by side, each hold up their right fists in the air. The man on the right wears a boonie hat and sunglasses, and a watch on his left wrist. The man on the left is bareheaded and holds his boonies hat on his left knee. Both figures are looking at the camera and smiling.

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