An adolescent boy scout, fighting on the side of the Buddhist rebels, stands in the street during the Da Nang Buddhist Insurrection, 1966.
The Buddhist uprising against Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky's government was assisted by ARVN troops. Ky declared the city to be under communist control despite the presence of a US Marine battalion that was stationed there. 1000 South Vietnamese Marines were sent in to crush the uprising.
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