ABOVE: Dai is wearing an ARVN Marine Pattern Tiger Stripe Camoflage uniform with appropriate beret and badge.

Below: The same uniform laid out for a better view.

Below: Marines celebrating the victory of the re-capture of Hue City in 1968.

Below: 1972 --the ARVN 6th Marine Battalion celebrate the victory in which they fought gallantly in the defense of Quang Tri Province. This was the spearhead of the Marine Assault that re-captured the Citadel in Quang Tri City on September 19, 1972.

Below: Unidentified ARVN Marines stand in formation at the salute.

Below: Major Thang Nguyen, Commander of the 1st Marine battalion (QUAI DIEU).

Below: ARVN Marines in combat.

Below: ARVN Marines with captured NVA or VC soldiers.

Below: The Marine monument in Saigon.

Below: Dai with Colonel Pham Van Chung, former Commander of 369th Marine Brigade (1972) during Quang Tri battle.

Below: Dai with former Major General Bui The Lan, Commander of Marine Division 1972-1975.

Below: This unidentified ARVN marine sits pensive, staring into space. Is he thinking about his fate? or that of his friends? I wonder if this idealistic looking youth made it out of Vietnam in 1975 before the Communists could send him to a re-education camp killing his spirit forever.

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