Marines from H Company, 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines, undertake a patrol along a village road during a search and destroy mission. The patrol is 12 miles south of the Danang airstrip, and they are specifically searching for Viet Cong trenches. This photograph was taken in December 1965.

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