Unidentified Marine clearing a cave in the Hamlet of Iku Quang, Vietnam. The Marine is searching for Viet Cong members who may have hidden in the cave with a Vietnamese family. The operation took place as part of Phase II of Operation Sierra on December 18, 1965.

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