Marines from G Company, Fifth Marine Regiment, hold up a captured Viet Cong flag that they have replaced with the Stars and Stripes. The flag ceremony took place on February 6, 1968, during Operation Hue City in the Thua Thien province, Vietnam. This photo is from the Defense Department's archives.

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