Gunnery Sergeant Lou T. Deshares and daughter, 2 July 1969

Gunnery Sergeant Lou T. Deshares, Assistant Operations Chief of the 11th Marines, holds his newly adopted daughter, Cynthia Lucia. GySgt Deshares adopted Cynthia from Sacred Heart Orphanage in DaNang.

From the collection of 1st Marine Division, Press Releases and Photographs (COLL/4532), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.