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[Polo Castillo, Jr.]

Description: Photograph of LCpl Polo Castillo, Jr., 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division in Phu Bai, Vietnam. He is holding a rifle while standing in front of a tent on a military base. The handwriting on the photo reads "Polo Castillo, Jr." and "Vietnam 1968."
Date: April 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Polo Castillo, Jr. In Vietnam]

Description: Photograph of LCpl Polo Castillo, 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division at Gia Le Combat Base, Vietnam. Polo is posing in front of a tower of sandbags and military structures. The back of the photograph reads, "The jacket I have on is a flak jacket which protects us from shrapnel or what have you. Can you see me wearing this heavy protective jacket, rifle, helmet + so on with this heat. Gia Le Combat Base, April-68. Your Loving Fiancee, Polo Castillo."
Date: April 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Machine Gun in Bunker]

Description: Photograph of Marine with the 1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division manning a 50 caliber machine gun in a bunker at Gia Le Combat Base, Vietnam.
Date: September 1968
Creator: Polo Castillo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University

[Photograph of Machine Gun in Camp]

Description: Photograph of a machine gun mounted on a tripod, with lines of tents in the background. A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "E. Browning machine gun. Weighs 80 lbs. shoots 500 per min. Can you imagine me running with this. I made a [?] score with this gun on the range at 600 yds. Smith Caldwell."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: McFaddin-Ward House Museum

[Bunker Duty]

Description: Photograph of Cpl Polo Castillo (1st Motor Transport Battalion, 1st Marine Division) on guard duty in a bunker at Gia Le Combat Base, Vietnam.
Date: September 1968
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Midwestern State University
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