A scout from the First Reconnaissance Battalion, Ronnie Potts, 19, from Lexington, North Carolina, takes a momentary break from the war while being transported to a landing zone by Harino Medium Helicopter Squadron-1. The photograph was taken on June 7, 1967, in Vietnam by Sgt. McGrattan, an official Marine Corps photographer.

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