Lance Corporal Valentino Hernandez of the 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, is seen here digging a foxhole during a patrol in Happy Valley, located 5 miles south of the Danang airbase. This photograph was taken on September 10, 1965, and shows Hernandez performing his duties during the Vietnam War. The subject of the photograph requested that his image not be released.

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