Marines from "K" Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, seek cover as the Viet Cong engage in heavy automatic fire on the first day of Operation Desota. This photograph was taken on January 27, 1967, by LCpl Curry during the patrols conducted by the 1st Marine Division in Vietnam.

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