Marine Private First Class J. F. Walker from Cincinnati, Ohio, keeps a vigilant watch over the flanks while troops advance into a Vietnamese village as part of a sweep mission south of Danang on November 24, 1965. The aim of the operation by Marines from K Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, was to locate and eliminate Viet Cong snipers. This image is from the collection of American military photographs during the Vietnam War.

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