Marines from E Company, 2nd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, establishing a perimeter around an amtrack stuck in the Song Tu Bong River during Operation Swanee, Vietnam, on August 19, 1966. A Navy mike boat can be seen attempting to pull the amtrack free from a mud bank.

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