The caption reads “Hospital Corpsman Third Class Thomas J. Higginbotham, 23, administers cough medicine to a patient from Phong Bac hamlet south of DaNang. Hamlet elders received medical treatment, entertainment, gifts, and dinner during a January 8 elders’ day festival sponsored by the 3rd Tank Battalion.”

From the 1st Marine Division Press Releases and Photographs Collection (COLL/4532) at the Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections