Marine Corps soldier Pre Billy Burke, 18, from Waco, Texas, is seen on September 10, 1968, keeping a watchful eye for enemy movement along the Song Cu De River during a combat operation in Vietnam. He is manning a .30 caliber machine gun atop one of the 3rd Amphibian Tractor Battalion's vehicles. Burke also works as a battalion mechanic.

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