13063 - U.S. Marine, Vietnam 1967-68, No.2 John Jenkins The First World War This young Cossack is awaiting

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13063 - U.S. Marine, Vietnam 1967-68, No.2 John Jenkins The First World War This young Cossack is awaitingU. S. Marine, Vietnam 1967 68, No. 2 22 February 1965, General W. C. Westmoreland, Commander, U. S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam, requested two Marine battalions to protect the Da Nang airbase from the increasing threat by the Viet Cong. By early March, the 9th Marine Expeditionary Brigade landed there and by the end of March 5,000 Marines had taken up position. By wars end in 1975 nearly 500,000 Marines would serve in Southeast Asia. This