Marines from F Company, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines disembark from UH-34 helicopters during an island clearing operation near Chu Lai, Vietnam on May 30, 1965. The operation aimed to remove Viet Cong presence from the island, with Marines spreading out along the rice paddy dikes. Photographed by Sgt. L. Choate.

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