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donnieshearer > A Marine of 1st Battalion 3rd. Marines lobs a grenade into an NVA bunker from the cover of an M-48 tank jsut knocked out of service by an RPG. Operation Thor, Gio Linh, 1968

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donnieshearer > Sgt. Anthiony Hartman starts to open fire on an NVA position as Cpl Rufus Patterson in BG throws a grenade at the NVA,one hell of a fire fight followed. Operation Thor, Gio Linh in Northern I Corps. The men are form B Company, 1st. Bn. 3rd. Marined, 3rd. Mar. Div. 1968

donnieshearer > SSgt. Donnie Shearer, a Combat Photographer with the 3rd. Marine Division takes a break during Operation Thor in the sand dunes near Gio Linh near the DMZ 1968. Shearer was attached to B Company 1st Battalion, 3rd. Marines, 3rd. Marine Division. The Battle lasted for over a week.

donnieshearer > This is my award winning shot, "Best Combat Photograph 1968", of Cpl. Rufus Patterson throwing a grenade, Sgt. Anthony Hartman sitting and PFC. Tony Carter ( who was killed a short time later) in the background,throwing a grenade. This is the beginning of an intense fire fight, 1st. Bn. 3rd. Marines, Gio Linh, 1968 Operation Thor.

donnieshearer > Christmas and New Years at Dong Ha Combat Base, 1968. Marines of the 3rd. Marine Division make the best of New Years Eve, with a full moon outside and the sounds of artillery and rifle fire in the distant.

donnieshearer > Sgt. Anthony Hartman of B Company, 1st.Battalion, 3rd.Marines, yells " AMMO UP" during an intense fire fight with an NVA Ranger Battalion near Gio Linh 1968, Operation "THOR".

A Marine of 1st Battalion 3rd. Marines lobs a grenade into an NVA bunker from the cover of an M-48 tank jsut knocked out of service by an RPG. Operation Thor, Gio Linh, 1968

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