Photos US Forces

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LVTP-5 decorated for Christmas, December 1965

 

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UH-1D Iroquois helicopters airlift soldiers during Operation Wahiawa, a search and destroy mission conducted by the 25th Infantry Division, northeast of Cu Chi (16 May 1966)

 

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E/75th Inf. (Ranger) team raiding a Viet Cong hideout in the western Long An Province on July 10, 1969.

 

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Special Forces A-312 Sergeant Lowell Stevens (left), holding a captured Viet Cong flag, and Captain Vernon Gillespie on patrol with Montagnard CIDG allied fighters, Vietnam 1964.

 

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One of two PT-76s from the PAVN 202nd Armored Regiment, destroyed by US M48 Pattons from the 1/69th Armored battalion, during the battle of Ben Het, March 3, 1969.

 

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James Shorten (left) of the 5th SFG, and South Korean Special Forces. Camp Sui Dau, 1969

 

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Members of US Navy SEAL Team 1, X-RAY platoon pose for the camera at Ben Tre in late 1970.

There are five Stoner gunners in the photo: two on the left standing and kneeling; two on the right standing and kneeling; one in the middle, back with sun glasses. Both snail drum and box magazines are shown in this photo. These guns appear to be a combination of the Stoner 63A Commando and Mk 23 Mod 0 configurations

 

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April 6, 1967. An Lao Valley near Bong Son. Soldiers trying to free someone pinned under the helicopter.

 

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Sept. 25, 1965, "Sky Soldiers" of 2nd Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment held their weapons above water as they crossed a river in the rain during a patrol for Viet Cong positions

 

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Men of the 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, fire from old Viet Cong trenches

 

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1968, the Battle of Khe Sanh began as North Vietnamese forces moved to surround two regiments of Marines defending Khe Sanh Combat Base.

 

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Near Vam Co Dong River in the Long An Province, Nov. 5, 1967

 

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A PBR patrols the Alfa Canal, February 1969

 

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An A1H Skyraider, 'The Proud American', departs on a rescue mission from a base in Thailand, 1972

 

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North of Da Nang. 1969

 

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Completion of the Liberty Bridge, 1967, An Hoa, Vietnam.
Al Berg, Dorsey, J.R. Miller, Paul Sommers, Bill Scarpati, Bruce Montgomery…MCB 4

 

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USN Helicopter Attack Squadron 3 (HAL-3) aka the ‘Seawolves’ providing CAS for the River Patrol Force

 

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US Army Long Range Recon Patrol (LRRP) of the 3-506 101st Airborne

In February 1969, all US Army LRRP units were folded into the newly formed 75th Infantry Regiment (Ranger), a predecessor of the 75th Ranger Regiment, bringing back operational Ranger units for the first time since the Korean War.