US Marines from "F" Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, wade through ankle-deep mud during an island clearing operation on May 30, 1965, in Chu Lai, Vietnam. The mission was to clear an off-shore island of Viet Cong presence. Defense Department Photo (Marine Corps) A184485 XWM 127 GVB-283.

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