U.S. Marine Corps Grumman A-6A <i>Intruder</i> (BuNo 155706) from Marine All-Weather Attack Squadron VMA(AW)-533 awaits arming on a taxiway at  Nam Phong Royal Thai Air Base. The squadron, commanded by Maj. Ronald E. Merrihew, departed the "Rose Garden" (as Nam Phong was called) for Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, on 31 August 1973.
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circa 1973 <div style="display: none;">date QS:P,+1973-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902</div>
Official U.S. Marine Corps photograph in: <i>U.S. Marines in Vietnam. The War that Would not End 1973-1975</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.marines.mil/Portals/59/Publications/U.S.%20Marines%20in%20Vietnam%20The%20war%20that%20would%20not%20end%201971-1973%20PCN%2019000311200_2.pdf">(part 2)</a>, p. 32.