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These 2 men were notorious senior personnel in the NVN prison system: on the left is “Spot”, and on the right is “The Rabbit”, monikers given to them by the POWs, as the NVN never shared their names. The Rabbit was especially infamous for his brutal interrogations and punishments.
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A young Vietnamese child and a U.S. soldier of the 25th infantry division test a swingset in a new playground at the American base in Cu Chi, Vietnam. The playground, part of an improvement project, was built by members of the 25th. 1966.
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Members of the 173rd Airborne Brigade engaged in a crawl to the crest of Hill 875, a steep mound that in 4 days cost the U.S. Army some of the highest casualties of the war. Pushing inch-by-inch of earth behind them, U.S. paratroopers took most of the hill.
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Swedish national and volunteer Per Olof Ödman during the battle of Khe Sanh in 1968. He had emigrated to America to join the US Marine Corps and fight in the Vietnam War after serving in the Swedish Army from 1965-67
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Pfc. Lacey Skinner of Birmingham, Ala., crawls alongside a rice paddy dike near An Thi, Vietnam while under fire from Viet Cong troops trying to repel an assault of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division, January 28/29, 1966
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American troops move carefully from a trench to rescue a wounded member of their platoon at Hill 875, note the grenades ready to go. North Vietnamese troops poured heavy mortar fire on an artillery base near Dak To and the SF camp in Kontum 27 Nov 1967, Dak To, South Vietnam
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