Caption: Lance Corporal Frank Schimansky and Private D. L. Kramer take up a defensive position in the village of Vinh Giang during Operation BLUE MARLIN on November 10, 1965. Schimansky, from Cannonsburg, Pa., is a machine gunner with Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines. Kramer, from Queen City, Mo., is his assistant.

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