Larry Swank - Click on photo(s)

LCS-08: Boarding the flight for R&R, which Swank put in for as soon as he got back to the 3/18th Artillery basecamp following the Bob Hope Christmas show. Something about Raquel Welch that sent him to the world of the "round eyed girls" in Australia.
In the background is a Marine F-4. They provided some great air support.