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Marine holding part of an NVA "trashcan" rocket at the Rockpile, January 1968.

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Break in search and destroy with 25th Infantry Division a few clicks from their base at Cu Chi.. 28 February 1968.

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Contact during search and destory mission with 25th Infantry Division a few clicks from their base at Cu Chi. 28 February 1968.

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Combat operation with 25th Infantry Division
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Beginning of combat operation with 25th Infantry Division (Wolfhounds). 29 February 1968.
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CH-46 Marine Helicopter coming into landing zone in the mountains of western Quang Nam province circa Feb 1969 to take out Marines from H/2/5 during Operation Taylor Common."
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Lt talking with Capt while radio operator is on the radio and battalion chaplain enjoys a meal of C Rations, Easter in the Arizona territory, 1969

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"Marines from H/2/5 carry wounded Vietnamese civilians in for medical treatment during combat operations in the Arizona territory west of Da Nang, 1969."

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Marines from H/2/5 passing through an area in the mountains of western Quang Nam province that had earlier been bombed during Operation Taylor Common, Feb 1969.

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Son Tay Raiders. Operation Ivory Coast was a mission conducted by United States Special Operations Forces and other American military elements to rescue U.S. prisoners of war during the Vietnam War

Blueboy assault group aboard Banana HH-3E at the start of Operation Ivory Coast
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Brown Water Navy...

Armored Support Patrol Boat River Assault Squadron 1, River Assault Division 112.
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U.S. Navy PBR's Assemble On Saigon River
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Vietnam War - Riverine & Coastal warfare.
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PBR ( Patrol Boat River) MEKONG DELTA VIETNAM USN Ship
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UH-1 Huey helicopter of Helicopter Attack Squadron (Light) 3 (HA(L)-3) escorting river patrol boats in Vietnam - circa 1968
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Men of the 101st Airborne during a sweep of an area around the Fire Support Base that protected the Montagnard village of Mai Loc/October 1969.

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Source: army.mil
 
Marine Corporal Sylvester L. Hanna, 19 (Chicago, Illinois), sights in his rifle during an operation south of Da Nang, Vietnam. Hanna is a sniper with 2d Battalion, 7th Marines [2/7] (official USMC photo by Corporal W. A. Oberg)."

Original description and photograph sourced from the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.

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Ammunition belt hangs from neck of soldier of the 3rd Brigade of the 25th Infantry Division returning from a fruitless search for the Viet Cong in the mountain jungles in Binh Dinh province in South Vietnam, about 275 miles northeast of Saigon this week. The unit is supporting the 1st Cavalry Division on Operation Thayer II in the area. (APWire photo) (gm60600stf-hh) 1967

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