US Marines from Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, 4th Marines, 2nd Platoon, uncover a Chinese Communist Communications set during Operation Scotland Nanking. The discovery was made while preparing to dig foxholes on Hill 861 near the abandoned Khe Sanh Combat Base. Photograph taken on October 17, 1968, by SSgt J. A. Reid.

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