Marine radio operator sets up a base of operations behind a new type of barbed wire known as "German Wire Tape" at Con Thien during the Vietnam War. The wire is a single strand of heavy wire with small zazor-sharp blades replacing the conventional barb. (Defense Department photo, Marine Corps)

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