Marine LCpl Robert A. Gazaillo, stationed in Vietnam on May 14, 1967, is photographed during a search and destroy operation south of DaNang. The hot and humid weather, reaching temperatures in the 90s, adds to the difficulties faced by Marines fighting the Viet Cong. This specific action saw no contact with the enemy. Gazaillo belongs to Company C, 1st Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division.
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