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The Face of War




Marines in Combat in Vietnam 1967 ~ 1968

Echo 2/5 Marines, during Operation Essex
20 Nov 1967

J.L. Duckworth and his a-gunner D. McPherson.

Neither of these two Marines are on the wall, so I hope they made it home in one piece.


Both have on a button that says; "We Try Harder."

The face of Duckworth on a blow-up shows his determination; McPherson's is one of deep contemplation and of the unknown. From the close up, you can see the veterans and the new kid, both Marines, both engaged in battle.

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Machine gun shoulder style, shooting at a sniper

May 1968

2nd platoon Marines from Delta 1/5

on a sweep southeast of Phu Bai

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Machine Gunner

[HardJedi]

thanks for sharing

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Even the Lord needs a Marine to look-out for his, when holding Christian services in the bush.

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[thedrifter]

Thanks Cook


The last one really hits home for me....My children as seen and they are enjoying......


Ellie

[Catz1611]

Great pictures..
thanks for posting those to see .

[vance]

Great pictures!

[benny rutledge]

Wow! were we really that young?
Thanks for the look back....

[Sparrowhawk]

It's one of those days, and sometimes the only comfort one truly finds is by visiting those days and not hiding from the shadows of those memories.

Semper FI

Cook

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A picture I was able to get off the 35mm film I found of myself at the Archieves at College Park, Maryland.

Taken during Operation Knox, the film stated it was India Company 3/7 1st platoon. and I recognized my gun team leader Jones on the right before I realized that it was me, walking across one of the many stream beds we crossed during that Operation.

I held my Sony Camcorder up to the screen and filmed it, so it digitized the picture. It cost about $300.00 to get a real copy of the film. I figured this way was cheaper.


LOL

Cook