<p>"Secured Beach: Marines of the 26th Marines wait for the word to ‘move out’ after coming ashore to begin Operation Bold Mariner.  The Marines came ashore on the Batangan Peninsula in Quang Ngai Province, South Vietnam, in amphibian tractors from ships of the US 7th Fleet.  The operation is aimed at digging out the Viet Cong infrastructure in the area (official USMC photo by Corporal Mike Detherage)."
</p><p>From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives &amp; Special Collections
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OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usmcarchives/14731707619/">Secured Beach, Operation Bold Mariner, 1969</a>