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Top illustration is Department of Defense (USMC) photo A801126 and boftom is from 12th Mar ComdC, Jan69

Aerial views take in Strongpoint A-1, Gio Linh. top, and Base Area C-3, bottom. Marine BGen Louis Metzger, the 3d MarDiv assistant division commander, noted the triangular shape of A-1 and compared C-3 to '"an octagonal French Fort."



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