Colonel E. O. Reed restrains one of two three-ton elephants during a briefing in Vietnam on April 6, 1968. Lieutenant Colonel Joseph Sadowski and Army Captain C. R. McCahan join the briefing. The Marine pilots transported the first elephant to Tra Bong, while Captain McCahan, a Special Forces veterinarian, tranquilized the elephants before the lift. DEFENSE DEPT. PHOTO (MARINE CORPS).

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