A Marine soldier prepares to be airlifted by a helicopter as part of Operation Nanking, a military operation carried out on October 13, 1968 during the Vietnam War. The operation was conducted by the Third Marine Division, Vietnam, as seen in the 35mm negative image labeled 3D-49-5285-68.

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