Marine infantrymen protect helicopter crews as they dismantle a Huey helicopter on a Viet Cong-controlled island. The helicopter made an emergency landing due to engine failure and had to be completely dismantled over a nine-hour operation. It was eventually airlifted to safety. Photograph taken on July 6, 1965 by SSgt Savatt, Jr., who was part of the 3rd Marine Division (1st MAW) in Vietnam.

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