US Marines from the 3rd Marine Division, 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade, conduct reconnaissance near Danang, Vietnam on April 23, 1965. In this photo taken by SSgt. Batchelor, the reserve platoon waits on the edge of a rice paddy while two US Marine platoons and one ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) platoon enter Dong Son Village in search of suspected Viet Cong.

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