"Marines of 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines prepare to board CH-34 helicopters on February 9, 1968. This photo was taken during Operation Kentucky aboard the amphibious assault ship, USS Iwo Jima (LPH-2). The helicopter is part of the 127th Ground Reconnaissance Platoon in Vietnam. Photograph by Cpl L. Preston Brown."

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