A corpsman sprays pesticide during a MEDCAP program in Vietnam on October 7, 1966. The purpose is to control bubonic plague carriers. Sam Hi was one of the locations where the program took place, offering inoculations and checkups. This photograph was taken by LCpl. Nincemoyer for the Defense Department.

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