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LTC Joseph B. Rogers (Chicago, Ill.), CO, 1st Bu, 327th Inf, 101st Abn Div, holds a front line briefing on his unit's situation with BG Willard Pearson, CG, 1st Bde, 101st Abn Div, by the General's helicopter in a field near the 1st Bu, 327th Inf Command Post area, during Operation "Harrison". 1966.

CC 33716 Republic of Vietnam: PFC Roger K. Chale (Grand Forks, N.D.), Hq and Hq Co, 1st Bn, 327th Inf., wends his weary way back to his tent after an all-night ambush patrol. His face shows the strain of combat. Operation "Harrison" was launched by the 101st Abn Div in the Rice Bowl area near Tuy Hon. The operation was to search, sweep and destroy the Viet Cong in an area that was not swept by American forces in the past.

Marines from BLT 3/9 came ashore on 8 March 1965 at RED Beach 2, northwest of Da Nang, The heavy surf delayed the landing for an hour.

Armored Cavalry Regiment

South Vietnamese paratroopers jump out of a U.S. Air Force Fairchild C-123B Provider (s/n 56-4367) of the 464th Troop Carrier Wing during a training exercise in April 1966. This plane belly-landed at Tau Tieng after being hit by small arms fire on 26 November 1966.

Three soldiers on patrol in dense Vietnam jungle.

Tunnelrat preparing for entering vietnamese Tunnel, Vietnam, unknown date

Củ Chi tunnels – a soldier demonstrating an entry. Cu Chi, Vietnam

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

Ignoring enemy fire, SSG Oscar C. Gallegos, Co B, 2nd Bn, 327th Inf, 101st Abn Div, takes careful aim with the M-72 LAW (light anti-tank weapon) during Operation "Wheeler." Vietnam, 1967

U.S. Marine corps McDonnell F-4B Phantom II fighters of fighter-bomber squadrons VMFA-115 and VMFA-323 being refueled at Da Nang, South Vietnam, in January 1966.

A U.S. Air Force LTV A-7D Corsair II (s/n 70-0967) of the 355th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 354th Tactical Fighter Wing, Korat RTAFB, refueling from a Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker during a mission over Vietnam in 1972.

A helicopter lowers an M101 105 mm howitzer into position during the construction of a mountain-top fire support base. The helicopter is being guided in by a member of a 3rd Marine Division construction team.

Major Crandall's UH-1D helicopter climbs skyward after discharging a load of infantrymen on a search and destroy mission.

Flying under radar control with a B-66 Destroyer, Air Force F-105 Thunderchief pilots bomb a military target through low clouds over the southern panhandle of North Viet Nam. June 14, 1966." Lt. Col. Cecil J. Poss, 20th TRS on RF-101, USAF.

Vietnam. Three Fighter Squadron 161 (VF-161) F-4N Phantom II aircraft from the attack aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41) and three Attack Squadron 86 (VA-86) A-7C Corsair II aircraft from the attack aircraft carrier USS America (CVA-66) drop Loran-guided bombs during a strike mission in March 1973.

An U.S. Air Force North American F-100D Super Sabre (s/n 56-2947) fires a salvo of rockets at a jungle target in South Vietnam, May 1967.

A U.S. Air Force H-53 helicopter crewman fires a mini-gun during rescue patrol over South Vietnam, 10/17/1968.

Sandbag bunkers in Khe Sanh Combat Base, burning fuel dump in background

23 November 1965.

A U.S. Air Force Douglas C-47D of the 9th Special Operation Squadron, 14th Special Operations Wing, based at Nha Trang, South Vietnam, releases psychological warfare leaflets near its home base in August 1969.

Members of the 3rd Bn, 12th Inf, 4th Inf Div, "take five" during bunker construction on Hill 530, Vietnam War, 1967.

Vietnam....Major Joseph Flynn, S-3, 26th Marine Regiment, explains the specific features of the automatic grenade launcher XM174 to, from left to right, General Wilson, Lieutenant General Henry Buse, Lieutenant General Herman Nickerson and Major General O.R. Simpson., 10/30/1969

A dead Viet Cong insurgent lies in the street as Vietnamese pass by him Dept of Defense caption "Saigon Scene (Feb. 1968): No Panic A dead VietCong lies in foreground"

Vietnam. As the second phase of operation "Thayer," the 1st Air Cavalry Division (airmobile) is having operation"Irving" in the area 25 miles north of Qui Nhon which lies 400 miles north-northeast of Saigon. The 1st Air Cavalry was given the mission of clearing a mountain range where an estimated two battalions of North Vietnam regulars were supposed to be massing an attack on Hammond Airstrip. Troops of "A" Company, checking house during patrol., 10/06/1966

Two bombs tumble from a Vietnamese Air Force A-1E Skyraider over a burning Viet Cong hideout near Cantho, South Viet Nam

"Youthful hard-core Viet Cong, heavily guarded, awaits interrogation following capture in the attacks on the capital city during the festive Tet holiday period." 1968.

Vietnam....A Marine from 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, moves a Viet Cong suspect to the rear during a search and clear operation held by the battalion 15 miles west of Da Nang Air Base.

Two battalions of Viet Cong systematically killed 252 civilians in a "vengeance" attack on the small hemlet of Dak Son. Tears are streaming down the face of little three-year-old Dieu Do, now homeless, and fatherless. December 6, 1967.

A Vietcong captures an American pilot

The Hoa Lo Prison, dubbed the en:Hanoi Hilton by the American POWs held there during the en:Vietnam War.

Exterior view of the prisoner of war camp ("Hanoi Hilton").

A female demonstrator offers a flower to military police on guard at the Pentagon during an anti-Vietnam demonstration. Arlington, Virginia, USA

Vreeswijk Akerstrom Cervin 1965 Rusia

Vietnam Demonstration in Lund, Sweden

A B52 debris from B52 Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam

This was a piece of a B-52 that was shot down in 1972 that has been left as a historical vestige by the people of Hanoi, Vietnam.

Monument of wrecked U.S. fighters and bombers at the Military History Museum, Hanoi.