United States Marines of 10th EG8 127 GVB-222 arrive via UH-34 helicopters on a sandbar at dawn during Operation Orange on April 29, 1966. The photograph captures the scene as Marine rifleman are lifted onto the sandbar by a UH-34 helicopter from Harina Medium Helicopter Squadron (1)-263. The operation took place approximately 15 miles southwest of Harble Mountain Air Facility. This photograph is a Defense Department photo taken by Cpl. Johnson.

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