File:Peter Mulroney Prepares to Fire 400,000th Round, 1969 (29230943932).jpg

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"Number 400,000: Colonel Peter C. Mulroney (Mallard, Iowa), 12th Marines, commander, prepares to fire the 400,000th round from a 155mm howitzer of D Battery, 2d Battalion, 12th Marines [2/12] at an artillery outpost south of Con Thien, Vietnam. Looking on are Captain M. R. Ross (Lubbock, Texas), battery commander, far right, and Lance Corporal S. M. Thompson (Baltimore, Maryland), section leader (official USMC photo by Lance Corporal Leo Meidlinger)."

From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division

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Date Taken in 1969
Source Peter Mulroney Prepares to Fire 400,000th Round, 1969
Author USMC Archives from Quantico, USA

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