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SOLDIERS ON PATROL
US troops continue a “Search and Destroy” patrol
in Vietnam, while an armored vehicle secures
the helicopter landing area. The strategy was to
airlift in troops to destroy the enemy and their
supplies, then airlift troops out again, instead of
taking and holding enemy territory.