During a sweep and clear operation in Vietnam, an assistant Landing Vehicle Tracked (LVT) driver looks on as smoke from an 81mm mortar round rises in the hills surrounding the Ca De River. The photograph was taken on August 13, 1965, by Pfc. Durbin of the 3rd Marine Division.

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