Major General Wood B. Kyle, commanding general of the 3rd Marine Division, is escorted by Lieutenant Colonel P. X. Kelley, commanding officer of the 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine Regiment, through the hamlet of Phuong Dinh during Operation TEXAS. The battalion achieved significant success during the operation, including the destruction of a Viet Cong regimental command post and an estimated 167 Viet Cong killed. (Defense Department photo from March 22, 1966)

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