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John Dittmann ©Stars and StripesSouth Vietnam, September, 1967: Soldiers from 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry stay alert during a 25th Infantry Division, 1st Brigade helicopter assault just south of the Ho Bo Woods. Three companies swept north from the landing zone to clear the area and assess bomb damage from a B-52 raid earlier in the day. One of the companies, trailing as a reaction force, was ambushed and engaged in a 45-minute fire fight.

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