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United States Marines Helicopter Squadron huddled at Da Nang in 1963 for the final briefing on a March 31, 1965, mission: to airlift a battalion of Vietnamese infantry to an isolated area about 20 miles away. (Larry Burrows?Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

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United States Marines Helicopter Squadron huddled at Da Nang in 1963 for the final briefing on a March 31, 1965, mission: to airlift a battalion of Vietnamese infantry to an isolated area about 20 miles away. (Larry Burrows?Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)

Click here to see the full collection at LIFE.com

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/photos/life-in-the-vietnam-war-slideshow/

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