Explosion after Marines throw charges into a Viet Cong cave during a patrol in Chu Lai. The photograph captures the intense fires and explosions that followed. Taken on July 13, 1965, by Gorak, an official photographer with the Defense Department. This image belongs to the collection of American military activities during the Vietnam War.

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