Marine prepares a grenade launcher as a rear guard during Operation Double Eagle in Vietnam on February 1, 1966. The unit is about to embark on a clearing mission, aided by sharp bamboo stakes interlaced with cactus, which serve as a defense against the neighboring Viet Cong village.

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