US Marine Corps members from the 1st Marine Division, 3rd SECURITY—Leathernecks Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment on June 7, 1967, settting up defensive positions around a helicopter landing zone. This picture captures a moment during a 10-day operation held 23 miles south of Da Nang, Vietnam, where over 700 Viet Cong were killed by Marines.

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