Marine rifle team searching the bodies of Viet Cong casualties during a search and destroy mission in Vietnam in 1968. This photograph captures the realities of warfare and the consequences for both sides involved in the Vietnam War. Image credit: DEFENSE DEPT. PHOTO (MARINE CORPS) ECC A704852 127 GVB-348.

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