Marine SSgt Willard J. Falgout Jr. provides covering fire with a .50-caliber machine gun aboard a Marine CH-46 Helicopter during Operation Durham Peak, 1969. This photograph was taken by GySgt Jordon and is a 35mm negative. The image is part of a collection documenting American military activities during the Vietnam War.

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