Tonight marks the conclusion of the epic Vietnam War documentary by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick. Over the course of 10 episodes,100 LIFE images were featured including this image which originally was published in the the Oct. 28, 1966 cover story - “Marines Blunt the Invasion from the North.” According to LIFE, and “HAGGARD PATROL. The men filing warily through the thicket and the gunner shouldering his rocket launcher across a stream are U.
S. Marines involved in one of the meanest,most considerable battles of the war. The ground they are contesting is just south of the supposedly demilitarized zone—the "DMZ"—which divides North and South Vietnam. North Vietnamese troops had infiltrated the DMZ in preparation for an offensive which the Marines and other troops were primed to stay.” (Photo by Larry Burrows—The LIFE Picture Collection/Getty Images) #Vietnam #VietnamWarPBS @vietnamwarpbs
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