Operation Pegasus, 1968

Operation Pegasus, 1968

A CH-47 Chinook helicopter looms over soldiers preparing for action during Operation Pegasus, a 20,000-man effort to relieve Marines at the beleaguered combat base at Khe Sanh.

South Vietnam, April, 1968: A CH-47 Chinook helicopter looms over soldiers preparing for action during Operation Pegasus, a 20,000-man effort to relieve Marines at the beleaguered combat base at Khe Sanh.

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