A team of First Regiment 106mm Recoilless Riflemen face heavy gunfire during Operation Hue City in 1968. In the midst of savage fighting, Viet Cong forces engage the American military at close range in Hue, an embattled and historically significant city in Vietnam. This photograph captures the intense combat faced by the 3rd Marine Division during that time.

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Photo credit: © piemags/NBV / Alamy / Afripics
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