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English: Throughout Operation Starlite, Marine Aircraft Group 16 (MAG-16) choppers dropped into fields to pick up wounded, even where fire fights were raging within 50 yards of their pickup point. Every request from the fiercely engaged Marines on the ground was met NARA 127-N-A184966
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This media is available in the holdings of the National Archives and Records Administration, cataloged under the National Archives Identifier (NAID) 404791956.

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Author Staff Sgt. R. W. Savatt Jr.

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A MAG-16 helicopter evacuates Starlite casualties, while a Marine M48 tank stands guard. The Marine on the left carries a M-79 grenade launcher

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18 August 1965

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