File:Marines Board a CH-46 Helicopter, 1969 (20685869916).jpg

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"From Dawn to Setting Sun: As the sun rises, Marines from 3d Battalion, 26th Marines [3/26], board a CH-46 helicopter on the USS Tripoli, off the coast of South Vietnam. The battalion made a helicopter assault in the flatlands, 18 miles southwest of Da Nang, to join Operation Taylor Common. In its most recent action 3d Battalion, 26th Marines killed 26 communists in one day of fighting (official USMC photo by Corporal W. R. Schaaf)."

From the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.

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