"Operation SHUFLY" article in Leatherneck (April 2002 issue)
OPERATION
SHUFLY was the first major deployment of the U.S. Marines
into Vietnam (April 1962).
Photos in the article were taken by Cpl. Barry F. MacDonnell, USMC, while attached to OPERATION SHUFLY (Sub Unit #2, MABS-16, MAG-16, 1st MAW) in South Vietnam from late April to mid September, 1962. (Inset photo on page 39 was taken by a teammate.)
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Leatherneck Magazine has been published since 1917 and has a total readership of about 500,000. This issue also profiles the new Director of the F.B.I., Robert Mueller, a former Marine.
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Pg. 37
Pg. 38
Pg. 39
For more pictures in this series by Barry MacDonnell,
previously published by the USMC
/ Combat Helicopter Association, click here.