Marine infantrymen accompany a tank into dense jungle during Operation PRAIRIE in 1966, approximately three miles south of the demilitarized zone in Vietnam. This image captures a manhunt as part of a massive reconnaissance operation that resulted in the deaths of 335 North Vietnamese Army troops.

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Photo credit: © piemags/NBV / Alamy / Afripics
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