J.P. O'Neill, Operation Dawson River, 1969 (20487892325)

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""Waiting: Corporal J. P. O’Neill (Denham Springs, Louisiana) takes a break in elephant grass as a Marine CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter leaves the area during Operation Dawson River. O’Neill, a member of the 9th Marine Regiment, participated in the operation south of the Demilitarized Zone in the northernmost province of South Vietnam (official USMC photo by Lance Corporal Don Barr)." From the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections. OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH"