DOD USMC PHOTO: SSgt J.T. Purcell

Dec 1967 - CH 46 Sea Knight helicopters warm up in the landing zone to whirl Echo Co. Second Battalion, 7th Regiment Marines into action during Operation Pitt south of Da Nang..

DOD USMC PHOTO: SSgt J.T. Purcell

Dec 1967 - A Marine mortarman from Echo Co, Second Battalion, 7th Regiment moves warily along the bank of a sluggish river south of Da Nang during a search-and-clear swwep on Operaion Pitt.

DOD USMC PHOTO: SSgt J.T. Purcell

Dec 1967 - A machine-gun team leade from Echo Co., Second Battalion, Seventh Regiment finds the going wet and rugged while fording a rushing mountain stream southwest of Da Nang during Operation Pitt.

DOD USMC PHOTO: SSgt J.T. Purcell

Dec 1967 - An Echo Co., Second Battalion, 7th Regiment clings to a lifeline and plows across a surging mountain stream southwest of Da Nang during Operation Pitt.

DOD USMC PHOTO: SSgt J.T. Purcell

Dec 1967 - A heavily-laden Marine team leader from Echo Co., Second Battalion, 7th Regiments fights the pounding currrent and his ammo belts while fordinga rushing mountain stream south of Da Nang on Operaiont Pitt..