Marine helicopters from MAG-16 dropping off ground Marines in rice paddies near Danang on August 2, 1965. The two-day sweep led to the killing of 29 Viet Cong fighters and capturing 95 others. Photo taken by SSgt. Savatt. Defense Department photo (Marine Corps) Al21237.

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