Caption: First Lieutenant R. Polis, 3rd Platoon commander of I Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines, waits for a medi-evac helicopter signal from his radio operator during Operation COLORADO on August 14, 1966. Lt. Polis was injured by a booby trap explosion while conducting a platoon sweep in Vietnam. Photograph taken by LCpl. Mincemoyer, (MARINE CORPS) A369454 127 GVB-167.

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