Caption: Viet Cong prisoners being escorted to a helicopter landing zone to be transported to a regimental collection point during Operation WEID in Chu Lai, Vietnam, on July 25, 1965. This photograph was taken by Sgt. L. D. Choate and published by the Defense Department (Marine Corps).

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