A Marine Corps squad leader leads his troops along dikes separating rice paddies north of the Marine airstrip at Chu Lai during Operation BLUS MARIAN. The operation resulted in the discovery of two Viet Cong dead, the detainment of two enemy suspects, and the seizure of weapons. Photographed on November 13, 1965, by Sgt. B. Maruffo.

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