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Joe Kamalick ©Stars and StripesNui Ba Den, South Vietnam, October, 1969: From his vantage point at the radio relay station atop 3,200-foot Nui Ba Den mountain, 1st Lt. John Lowe of Columbus, Ohio, an artillery officer with 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, spends his day calling in artillery strikes on the surrounding flatlands and hills.

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