Photograph of Spc. James E. Brown II during the Vietnam War

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A color photograph of Spc. James E. Brown II (Delta Company, 31st Combat Engineer Battalion, 20th Engineer Brigade), leaning on a jeep at LZ Buttons/Sông Bé Base Camp in Vietnam. The image depicts a soldier in olive green military fatigues leaning against a military jeep. Wearing sunglasses and his hat sideways, he poses with his left fist on his hip and his right arm resting on the jeep's hood. He gazes over the top of his sunglasses at the viewer. The jeep is olive green with the words "HARD CORE" painted in white letters across the bottom of the windshield. There is a red castle painted between the words. The same red castle is depicted on a white sign attached to the jeep's front grill. One the other side of the figure is a stack of filled sacks. In the background are oil drums and other military gear.

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