Marines from Lema Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Regiment, search tunnels and caves during Operation Mallard, January 12, 1966. The small-sized soldiers bravely navigate the underground structures in Vietnam, captured in this photograph taken by Sgt. J. Reid.

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