A US Marine examines a punji pit, a dangerous trap commonly used by the Viet Cong, in Du Quang (1) hamlet, 15 miles south of Quang Ngai city. the photograph was taken on December 18, 1966, during Operation Sierra Phase II by Sgt. Lenin.

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