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John West shows the bullet hole in his helmet courtesy of the Viet Cong. Bullet hit the steel and John said all he suffered was a horrible headache. November 1965

 

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Marines from the 3rd Marine Division photographed by British photographer Larry Burrows during Operation Prairie, Quảng Trị Province, South Vietnam. 1966.
Image courtesy of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

 

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Pvt. R. Jones of the 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines takes a standing break during Operation Pitt, 12 miles north of Da Nang, December, 1967.
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Original description and photo sourced by US National Archives and Photo: Lcpl Brumch/U.S. Marine Corps

 

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CH-46 Marine Helicopter coming into landing zone in the mountains of western Quang Nam province circa Feb 1969 to take out Marines from H/2/5 during Operation Taylor Common."
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Original description and photo sourced from
the Barry Broman Collection (COLL/4613) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division

 

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Captain Vic Vizcarra pictured in front of an F-105 Thunderchief during the Vietnam War. Vizcarra was a ‘Thud’ pilot who flew 59 combat missions in the F-105. Vizcarra flew hundreds of missions during the war, 59 of which were combat missions in F-105 Thunderchiefs with 80th and 354th fighter squadrons.
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Original description and photo sourced by www.nationalmuseum.af.mil

 

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A soldier with the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division is helped by a fellow soldier as he crawls from the mud of a rice paddy while taking heavy Viet Cong fire near An Thi in South Vietnam on Jan. 30, 1966. U.S. troops were engaged in a fierce 24-hour battle with the enemy along the central coast.Associated Press photo by Henri Huet
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Original description and photo sourced by stripes.com

 

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After their unit landed in the middle of a Viet Cong staging area, a paratrooper with the 173rd Airborne provides cover for a wounded comrade while under sniper fire, on June 24, 1965. Associated Press photo by Horst Faas
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Original description and photo sourced from stripes.com

 

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Marine Corporal James E. Blake, 22 (Fremont, Nebraska) checks the instruments in the cockpit of Whiskey Uniform Three (WU-3), an F-4J Phantom jet of Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 334 (VMFA-334). With the excellent maintenance and repair from ground crews of VMFA-334, WU-3 set a possible record for F-4Js of 82 missions and 107 flight hours during the month of March (official USMC photo by Corporal John Ehlert)
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Original description and photo sourced by the USMC Archive and US National Archive

 

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T James F. Gregory, Platoon leader takes his men into a northern village, Company B, 1st Battalion (Airborne), 501st Inf., 101st Airborne. Division
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Original description and photo sourced from army.mil

 

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A1C David Shark with his sentry dog Heino at Cam Ranh Bay Air Base, South Vietnam. It is not possible to overestimate the incredible bond that existed between handler and dog. The handler trusted the dog with his life, and the dog was absolutely loyal, even to the death. (U.S. Air Force photo).
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Original description and photo sourced by www.nationalmuseum.af.mil

 

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February 1968, Khe Sanh, South Vietnam --- Protestant mass in front of a bunker of the Khe Sanh camp.

 

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February 1968, Khe Sanh, South Vietnam A wounded marine is evacuated to the field hospital.

 

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February 1968, Khe Sanh, South Vietnam --- Cargo plane hit by a shard as it was taking off.

 

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February 1968, Khe Sanh, South Vietnam --- Soldiers get some deserved rest at the Khe Sanh camp.

 

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1968, Vietnam, soldiers take cover during fighting in Khe Sanh.

 

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February 1968, South Vietnam Marines in a trench at the end of the runway at Khe Sanh camp.

 

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February 1968, Khe Sanh, South Vietnam Soldiers unload the cargo from a CH-46 "Sea Knight"helicopter, resupplying to the Khe Sanh entrenched camp.

 

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February 1968, Khe Sanh, South Vietnam Lieutenant Colonel commander of the Khe Sanh camp, briefs his soldiers.

 

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February 1968, Khe Sanh, South Vietnam Soldiers under North Vietnamese mortar fire in the trenches of the Khe Sanh camp.

 

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U.S. Marines tank crews watch results of American air support from inside the allied base on March 1st, just below the DMZ. U.S. Leathernecks later laid down murderous fire across the barbed wire perimeter, repulsing one of several North Vietnamese thrusts against the strong point.