Marines conduct a sweep through a village in Vietnam during Operation Double Eagle on February 2, 1966. The village had launched an attack on the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Regiment, which was backed by a Provisional Company from the 1st Battalion, 12th Regiment. The Marines captured a fallen comrade who had tried to escape.

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