Photos US Forces

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An American GI, his weapon drawn, cautiously moving over a devastated hill near Firebase Gladiator

 

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Khe Sanh, S. Vietnam: American soldiers rush a wounded South Vietnamese Ranger, brought in by a rescue helicopter from Laos, to a larger "Medevac" aircraft for transportation to a field hospital. South Vietnamese troops continue to suffer heavy casualties in their attempt to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail supply line.

 

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June 7, 1966 - Dak To, South Vietnam. An infantry patrol moves up to assault the last Viet Cong position after an attempted overrun of the artillery position by the Viet Cong during Operation Hawthorne

 

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A F-8 Crusader overflying a Viet Cong position in support of ground troops during the battle Battle of Hill 881, near Khe Sanh, Jan 20, 1968

 

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The Battle of Hill 881, near Khe Sanh, Jan 20, 1968 A sniper team during the battle. The shooter was armed with Remington M40

 

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5,000 U.S.S. Constellation aircraft carrier crew members on a Sunday afternoon picnic on board while cruising in the Gulf of Tonkin off the coast of North Vietnam. With air strike operation not scheduled until the following morning, and no underway replenishment scheduled to bring aboard stores, ammunition, or fuel, 'Connie' Navymen took the afternoon off, so to speak, and relaxed from the pressures of the long hours and hard work of seven-day-a-week combat operations. The picnic was held on the Constellation's flight deck. The men spent a leisurely afternoon dressed in swim trunks and cutoff dungarees, eating fried chicken and enjoying a talent show. Softballs and footballs sailed across the flight deck instead of aircraft. For them (Constellation's crew) it was a great day and refreshing pause in a war that is certainly no 'picnic.' Aug 4, 1966

 

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UH-1 Huey Dustoff picking up wounded at Katum near the Cambodian border. 1967

 

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A Marine injured in Operation Prairie.

 

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Katum, Dec. 1967 Mine sweepers clearing the way.

 

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An M113 fitted with a mine-roller belonging to 3rd Platoon, Bravo Company, 1st Battalion (Mech), 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division , 1969.

 

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Marines during Operation Prairie, in 1967.

 

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American military Bell UH-1D Iroquois ("Huey") helicopters in flight during the My Lai massacre on March 16, 1968 in My Lai, South Vietnam

 

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Across open green fields on a sunny day, of two armored vehicles, one shooting a missile toward the edge of a forested area, Vietnam, 1965

 

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A group of armed American soldiers smile, wave, at the camera, as they ride past on the bed of a military transport vehicle, Vietnam, 1965.

 

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A dirt path leading to a body of water in a rural area, with one soldier sitting mid-path and another standing near the water's edge, Vietnam, 1965.

 

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Armed and helmeted American servicemen crouching down among bushes in an open rural landscape, Vietnam, 1965.

 

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Sandbags and camouflage tarp are draped over a tank gun or howitzer, and other supplies, Vietnam, 1965

(Again wrong weapon in the caption, it seems to be a M40 105mm recoilless rifle.)

 

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Servicemen, tanks, and open tents in a cleared area with jungle and mountains in the background, Vietnam, 1965