Marines conduct a search and destroy mission during Operation Golden Fleece on September 23, 1966. In the image, Lance Corporal A. Solak is seen chopping a hole in a hut's wall to find hidden rice, believed to have been concealed by the Viet Cong. The operation took place south of Quang Ngai.

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