Marines from H&S Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, fire Elmm mortars on enemy positions east of Vandergrift Combat Base during Operation Lancaster II in August 1968. This photograph was taken by Sgt H. Padilla. Caption sourced from Trousdale Defense Photo (Marine Corps) archives.

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