Khe Sanh Base, South Vietnam, March 10, 1968: Ammunition, food and medical supplies float on parachute from C-130 cargo plane into the Marine fortress of Khe Sanh. At the foreground a pensive Marine sits at the entrance of his bunker, wearing a flak vest but carelessly no helmet, despite the recent onslaught of attacks on the base by North Vietnamese troops.

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