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(David Warsh/Stars and Stripes)

South Vietnam, April 1969: With various forms of weaponry close at hand, two soldiers at Patrol Base Diamond II, near the Cambodian border about 35 miles from Saigon, catch up on their reading. The base, manned by the 25th Infantry Division, withstood several Communist attacks in the early part of April, 1969.

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