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A Shau Valley, Republic of Vietnam, December 1967.

 

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October 1966 evac a US Marine wounded at Nui Cay Tri, South Vietnam.

 

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American soldiers are dropped off by U.S.Army helicopters to join South Vietnamese ground troops to advance in an attack on a Viet Cong camp 18 miles north of Tay Ninh, northwest of Saigon near the Cambodian border, in March 1965 during the Vietnam War.

 

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Corporal Phil Kratofil (Kansas City, Missouri) and Corporal R. L. Brumfield (Tucson, Arizona) rappel from a helicopter into a landing zone site being cleared by Leathernecks of the 3d Marines. They are participating in a multi-battalion search and clear operation, Taylor Common, southwest of Da Nang (official USMC photo by Lance Corporal C. E. Woodruff)."

Photo and description sourced by: the Jonathan Abel Collection (COLL/3611), Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections.

 

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Private R. Jones of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines takes a standing break during Operation Pitt, 12 miles north of Danang, December, 1967.

Source: Lcpl Brumch/U.S. Marine Corps/National Archives

 

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LZ Robin, 1968

From the Douglas A. Yeager Collection (COLL/5039) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division

 

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Operation Golden Fleece, 1966 (From the John T. Dyer Collection (COLL/3503) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division)

 

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June 17, 1965
Two U.S. Navy F-4B Phantom II crews, Cmdr. Lou Page and Lt. J.C. Smith in one jet and Lt. Dave Batson and his back seater Lt. Cmdr. Rob Doremus in a second, shoot down a pair of North Vietnamese MiG-17 fighters. These are the first confirmed U.S. Air-to-air victories of the Vietnam War. You can "read more about it" in the next issue of Aviation History magazine, headed to a mailbox near you!

 

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Servicemen enjoy a game of cards with an SRAO worker at a Red Cross center in South Vietnam. The Red Cross had mobile units to give troops opportunities for recreation. American Red Cross photo / U.S National Archives.

 

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Marine UH-34 Helicopters lift off from USS Princeton to land troops in Vietnam during Operation Jackstay in March 1966. U.S. Navy.

 

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Plunging into the swampy Mekong Delta, Army infantrymen disembark from a Navy armored troop carrier (ATC) to sweep the surrounding countryside for Viet Cong. Photo: U.S. Navy.

 

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Welcome home! Sgt. Joe Schwarzer gets a big hug from his mother as he steps off a plane after a year at Phan Rang AB, Vietnam, in November 1968. He served as a crew chief on the B-57 Canberra with the 8th Bomb Sq. Thank you, Joe, for sharing this photo with us!

 

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Catapult crewmen pause after hooking up the launch cable to an aircraft, April 1967. US Navy / National Archives.

 

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An F-4B Phantom II plane is readied for launch from the Attack Aircraft Carrier USS CORAL SEA in the Gulf of Tonkin in December 1969. National Archives

 

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A US Navy SEAL watches for movement in the thick wooded area along a stream in Vietnam. October, 1968. U.S. Navy Archives / National Archives.

 

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Three U.S. Navy Seabees assist a South Vietnamese man removing a culvert from a truck near Ta-Ly village, South Vietnam, 1966. Seabees constructed a new bridge and road in their spare time to enable trucks to go directly to the village. This helped villagers who previously had to carry goods to the main road. US Navy / National Archives.

 

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A UH-1B IROQUOIS Helicopter Crew Chief surveys terrain with his M60 machine gun ready for action in Vietnam,1967. National Archives.

 

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U.S. Navy SEALs go ashore in 1967 along the Bassac River, 67 miles southwest of Saigon, into heavily infested enemy territory during Operation Crimson Tide. National Archives. 1967.

 

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A Marine machine gunner from Headquarters Battalion, 1st Marine Division, walks gingerly on a slick, muddy rice paddy dike during a sweep in search of Viet Cong infiltrators, five miles west of Da Nang, Vietnam.

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Lance Corporal Ron J. Barret, rests on a sandbag by Landing Zone Ross, waiting for a resupply helicopter. (DoD)