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Re-taking Seoul 9/50, Street by Street


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Seoul, 9/50

The First Marines captured Seoul, often barricade by barricade, then used each new position to fight for the next.

Note the Marine on the right is left-handed. The spent cartridges were ejected safely even so, but he would have been more aware of them. With the fully automatic weapons in Vietnam, southpaws found this a little more exciting.


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