Marines from L Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines conduct a search in flooded rice paddies during Operation War Bonnet in January 1966. This photograph captures the efforts of American military patrols during the Vietnam War. Credit: Defense Department photo (Marine Corps).

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