A rocket is launched from a Marine UH-1E Gunship during a search and destroy mission by Helicopter Squadron Light-167 (HML) on March 17, 1971. The mission took place 18 miles southwest of Marble Mountain Air Facility in Vietnam. The photograph was taken by GySgt Mahan. (Source: DEFENSE DEPT PHOTO (MARINE CORPS) bh A422890)

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