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John Olson ©Stars and StripesSouth Vietnam, April, 1968: U.S. troops brace themselves against the noise and rotor wash of a departing helicopter — except for the engrossed reader on the left, that is. They were all taking part in Operation Pegasus, a 20,000-man effort to relieve Marines at the beleaguered combat base at Khe Sanh.

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