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US Navy's PBR (Patrol Boat River) of River Division 53, w. twin 50-caliber machine guns, patrolling Mekong River nr. My Tho in the River Delta.Location: Mekong, Vietnam Date taken: 1967

Machine gunner scanning for hostiles while his helicopter is on patrol over the Mekong Delta.Long An, Vietnam Date taken: 1967

[sgt hawk]

The area that that door gunner is looking at is: "The Mouse Ears" or as we called it "The Testicles" for the obvious undulation of the river. It was a well known infiltration area in Long An Province. High density "Boobytrap" area. Hated going in there.