Caption: Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, moves through rice paddies to board UH-34 helicopters for return to Chu Lai after initiating an 8-hour operation to clear Viet Cong from an off-shore island. Date: May 30, 1965. Location: 3rd MarDiv Chu Lai, Vietnam. Photographer: Sgt. L. D. Choate. Image source: Defense Dept. Photo (Marine Corps).

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