Photo G3505 (top): PFC Andrew Q. Magdelano (left) and SP/4 Richard G. Silver of a C Company, 720th MP Battalion standing by their Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) No. 104 on the Finger Of Land in the Battalion Tactical Area Of Responsibility, Bien Hoa Province, III Corps Tactical Zone, Vietnam on 23 February 1968. The APC struck an enemy land mine during a sweep operation on the ridge approximately 500 meters west of Highway QL-15. Courtesy of SP/4 Richard G. Silver, C Company, 720th MP Battalion, 89th MP Group, 18th MP Brigade, Long Binh Post, Vietnam, 1967-1968.

Photo G3505a (bottom): PFC Andrew Q. Magdelano (left) and SP/4 Richard G. Silver of a C Company, sitting inside the blast crater of the land mine that disabled the APC.