Marines on patrol in Vietnam during Operation GOLDEN FLEECE. A patrol member is seen checking the identification of individuals in a rice paddy. This image was taken on October 20, 1965, by Sgt. Gorak, a photographer for the Defense Department. It is part of the collection documenting American military activities during the Vietnam War.

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