Marines of Company G, Second Battalion, Fourth Marines, engage in combat with North Vietnamese Army forces during Operation Ballistic Armor on February 9, 1968. The intense firefight takes place across an open field located within 2000 meters north of Camp Carroll. Photo taken by Cpl. L. Preston Brown. Defense Department Photo (Marine Corps). A801311.

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