Rifle squad from A Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines, taking a break during OPERATION WELD on July 25, 1965 in Chu Lai, Vietnam. The soldiers pause their digging operations to have a drink of water while a Vietnamese gun boat from the junk fleet passes by in the background.

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