This photograph depicts Marines from the 3rd Platoon, Company C, 1st Battalion, 3rd Marine Regiment, during Operation Cormorant in Vietnam in 1966. The Marines walk cautiously through sharp grass as they search for Viet Cong insurgents. They face the constant risk of ambushes along their path. Photograph taken by LCpl. Finnell. (Source: Defense Department photo, Marine Corps, A187277)

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