Marines from A Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, traverse through a rice paddy during a search and destroy mission north of the Chu Lai combat base in Vietnam. The photo was taken on November 6, 1966, by LCpl. Curry, and is an official Department of Defense photograph (Marine Corps) with the identification number "A369637."

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