Marine Corps Commandant Gen Wallace M Greene, Jr, defends the controversial M-16 rifle during a press conference at the Pentagon saying that the weapon has proved to be a "reliable, hard-hitting, lightweight weapon" for US troops that requires more care by soldiers than earlier firearms, Washington, DC, 5/27/1967. (Photo by United States Information Agency/RBM Vintage Images)
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