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3rd Marine Division (3rd MarDiv). Photographer: Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt.) Hallahan. Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel (LVTP) carrying Marines of 2/3, comes ashore at Red Beach, Danang, Vietnam.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 103 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division (3rd MarDiv). Photographer: Staff Sergeant (SSgt.) Brown. Marines of I Company, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, cross a beach toward a Vietnamese fishing village during the second phase of Operation BLUE MARLIN.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 102 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division. Photographer: Staff Sergeant Steve Moody. RESERVED FOR CHARLIE. Private First Class George A. Martinez (El Centro, California) loader and ammo man with a self propelled 155mm Howitzer of “K” Battery, 4th Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment, prepares to insert a round into the gun’s chamber during a fire mission at the Rockpile.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 26 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division (3rd MarDiv). Photographer: Gunnery Sergeant (GySgt.) Hallahan. LANDING--Marines of 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, are directed from the beach area after debarking from Landing Vehicles Tracked, Personnel (LVTP) on Red Beach, Danang, Vietnam.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 101 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division (3rd MarDiv). Photographer: Staff Sergeant (SSgt.) Brown. Landing on the beach during Operation BLUE MARLIN is Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 100 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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1st Marine Division. Photographer: Sergeant W. A. Tuor. Firing of the first 175’s at Hill 55 in support of ground troops operations of the Seventh Marine Regiment, First Marine Division. The guns are manned by a battery from the Eleventh marine Artillery Regiment and are located at Camp Muir (Hill 55).Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 25 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division (3rd MarDiv). Photographer: J. J. Connolly. Marines of 3/4 leave Red Beach area after landing.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 99 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division (3rd MarDiv). Photographer: Sergeant (Sgt.) Batchelor. The second wave of Marines of Battalion Landing Team 2/3 hits the beach at Danang. The amphibious assault landing was unopposed by any enemy elements.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 98 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division. Photographer: Staff Sergeant Steve Moody. READY—Marines of “K” Battery, 4th Battalion Twelfth Marines, await the order to fire their 155mm self propelled Howitzer during a fire mission at the Rockpile in South Vietnam.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 24 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division (3rd MarDiv). Photographer: Sergeant (Sgt.) Hallahan. Marines on the road leading from Red Beach to the helicopter landing site where they will be airlifted to Hue.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 97 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division. Photographer: Staff Sergeant Steve Moody. FIRE FOR EFFECT—Two self propelled 155mm Howitzers of “K” Battery, 4th Battalion, 12th Marine regiment, fire for effect during a fire mission at the Rockpile, The big guns were firing in support of the 3rd Marine regiment, during search and clear operations in the area.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 23 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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HOMC. Photographer: Photographer’s Mate 1st Class J. C. Cote, United States Navy (PM1, USN). OPERATION BLUE MARLIN--As a helicopter hovers overhead, Marines hit the beach at Tam Ky, Vietnam.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 96 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division. Photographer: Sergeant Bruce Smith. FIRE MISSION—Private First Class Robert Chock (Minneapolis, Minnesota) gunner, on right, and Private First Class K. G. Blatti (Oronoco, Minnesota) assistant gunner, fire their 105 Howitzer in support of the 3rd Marine Regiment. Both are assigned to “A” Battery, 1st Battalion, 12th Marine Regiment at Fire Support Base Fuller.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 22 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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1st Marine Division. India Battery, 3rd Battalion, 11th Marines in firing position. From left to right, Corporal Robert P. Hoffman from Chicago, Illinois, Corporal Dennis M. Hayes from Marietta, Georgia and Private First Class Robert L. Allen from Alburn, Washington.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 21 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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1st Marine Division. Photographer: Gunnery Sergeant Lane. WELCOME TO THE WAR—Sergeant Willie L. Mathews, 26 (919 N. Rose Street, Compton, California), breaks a bottle of champagne over the barrel of the M-107 175mm self propelled gun to officially welcome the Marine Corps’ newest artillery piece to Vietnam.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 20 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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1st Marine Division. Photographer: Gunnery Sergeant M. Krueger. ONE OF MANY—Fire Support Base Cutlass, one of many Fire Support Bases set up to support Marines and ARVN forces on Operation Taylor Common. The Fire Support Bases are set in commanding locations so calls for artillery fire are able to cover areas of operation. Operation Taylor Common is taking place in An Hoa home base for Task Force Yankee about 23 miles southwest of the city of Danang.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 19 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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Photographer: Corporal W. Carrol. Men of Golf Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines cleaning bore of 105 Howitzer.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 18 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division. FIRING – A platoon of 75mm howitzers from the Vietnamese artillery battalion fires practice rounds. The gun in the foreground is in the recoiled position.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 17 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division (3rd MarDiv). Marines from Headquarters Battalion Landing Team, 3rd Regiment, on Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVT's) looking toward the landing zone on White Beach.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 95 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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3rd Marine Division. Photographer: Corporal w. J. Carroll. Men of Gold Company, 2nd Battalion, 12th Marines cleaning bore of 105 howitzer.Source Photos - Vietnam Marine Corps (B/W)…Page 16 Made 22 Jul 2009 |
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