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Jon Steinberg ©Stars and StripesCam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, September, 1969: Pfc. Charles Hurst and Pfc. Bruce Rogers, both of the 4th Infantry Division, lift weights at the 6th Convalescent Center. Troops requiring about a month of rehabilitation from their injuries were able to recover at the 44th Medical Brigade's 1,300-bed facility without having to be medevaced stateside or sent to other medical facilities in Vietnam that needed space for those who were more seriously wounded.

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