American soldiers from E Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, 3rd Marine Division, search and clear a village south of the Danang Air Base. This routine activity involved carefully searching all village huts for signs of Viet Cong presence. Photograph taken on August 3, 1965 by LCpl. L. Hartsock. Image source: Defense Department Photo (Marine Corps) A185816 127 GVB-283.

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