A Marine Corps flame tank burns fields near the 1st Battalion, 3rd Regiment, command post in Vietnam, January 1966. The photograph illustrates the use of napalm fire as a defensive military tactic during the Vietnam War. It was taken by Pvt. Wm. Norman and is part of the Defense Department's archive (Marine Corps) A186598.

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