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NH 105397 Vietnam War Riverine Operations

Photo #: NH 105397 Vietnam War Riverine Operations
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Title: Vietnam War Riverine Operations
Description: Plunging into the marsh grass of the swampy Mekong Delta, Army infantrymen debark from a Navy armored troop carrier (ATC) to sweep the surrounding countryside for Viet Cong. The ATCs, supported by monitor gunboats and assault support patrol boats (ASPBs) move the infantrymen through the otherwise inaccessible maze of canals and streams that interlace the delta, landing them in previously selected sites and providing close gunfire and logistic support. The boats are units of River Assault Flotilla One, the Navy component of the joint Army-Navy Mobile Riverine Force (MRF) which operates in the delta. (quoted from the original caption released with this photograph on 6 June 1968 by Commander River Assault Flotilla One). Photographed by PH2 Pasco J. Izzo, USN. For more information concerning this photograph, see: Photo # NH 105397 (extended caption). Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the collections of the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 105397
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