20 Jul 1967, Hue, South Vietnam --- Here is seen near Hue, South Vietnam, as an amphibious task group of Second Battalion, Third Marines lands along the coast of South Vietnam, 15 miles north of Hue. Amtracks transported the Marines from landing ships in the S. China Sea to the assault beach, on July 20th. The Bear Chain operation is the thirty-fourth assault that Pacific Fleet Amphibious Force ships have launched on the N. Vietnamese Army and Viet Cong positions in South Vietnam, since March 1965.