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Learning about booby traps in Vietnam, 1966

By Joe Gromelski
Published: October 9, 2012
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Jack Baird ©Stars and Stripes
Da Nang, South Vietnam, April, 1966: Sgt. Henry D. Halloway, right, explains the workings of a Viet Cong-style spiked deadfall trap to Pfc. James M. Gatto during a class at the Marine Corps Demolition and Mine Warfare School at Da Nang.

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Stars and Stripes' story about the warfare school and the booby traps used by the VC.

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