A unit of the 5th Marines quickly loads a part of a 3000 pound rice cache onto a waiting Marine CH-46 helicopter (Registration: RM-262, Unit: MAW-2) on December 2, 1970. The rice was discovered southwest of Danang in Vietnam. This photograph was taken by PFC Monroe and is an official defense department photo.

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