Wikipedia:Picture of the day/December 20, 2005

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A young Marine private waits on the beach during the Marine landing at Da Nang, Vietnam — August 3, 1965

In 1965, as the Vietnam War escalated, the United States committed some 125,000 troops to support the southern Republic of Vietnam. Here a young Marine private waits on the beach during the troop landings at Da Nang, Vietnam on August 3, 1965.

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