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- Title
- American Soldiers During Dak To, Battle On Hill 875
- Personal Creator
- Gilles Carron
- Description
- American Soldiers during Dak To Battle on Hill 875, Dak To, South Vietnam. November 1967. Photo by Gilles Carron
- Subjects
- soldiers, combat, troops, combatants
- Local Identifier
- 16-4732
- Title
- Reoccuping a Hilltop Outpost After Hand-To-Hand Combat
- Personal Creator
- Dana Stone
- Description
- South Vietnamese Special Forces troopers led by U.S Green Beret Officers reoccupy a hilltop outpost after hand-to-hand combat. Ha Than, 1968. Photo by Dana Stone
- Subjects
- combatants, combat, troops, Green Beret Officers, Wounded in action (WIA)
- Local Identifier
- 16-4599
- Title
- Helicopter that Received a Number of Shots From the Viet Cong
- Personal Creator
- Howard Swede Ware
- Description
- "This is a Dust Off chopper with the doors off it. Look at the litter poles and the liter/stretcher on the floor. Could be with the 237th Dust Off due to the yellow skid caps. And notice no guns! Dust Off never carried guns." Comments by Charlie Whaley. "Bad neighborhood, they shot us up on the way out!! It was truly a lets "Get outa here" 'copter....") Photo and comment by Howard Swede Ware
- Subjects
- combatants, helicopters, Huey helicopters, Iroquois Helicopters, damage, damage reports, Vietnam
- Local Identifier
- 16-3684
- Title
- Saigon’s Chinese Quarter, Cholon, In The Aftermath Of The Tet Offensive
- Personal Creator
- Unknown
- Description
- Saigon’s Chinese quarter, Cholon, in the aftermath of the Tet Offensive. Cholon, the district in which the RAAF headquarters was situated, was the scene of particularly heavy fighting during Tet.
- Subjects
- combat, combatants, Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), battles
- Local Identifier
- 16-4552
- Title
- After a North Vietnamese Attack
- Personal Creator
- Unknown
- Description
- While patrolling FSB Coral’s perimeter after a North Vietnamese attack, a member of 1RAR steps over the body of a North Vietnamese soldier killed during assault.
- Subjects
- combatants, battles, Royal Australian Regiment (RAR), Killed In Action (KIA), soldiers, guerrilla warfare
- Local Identifier
- 16-4744
- Title
- KIA During The Tet Offensive
- Personal Creator
- Fred Childs
- Description
- This was taken during the Tet Offensive in February, 1968 in Kontum, RVN. Photo by Fred Childs
- Subjects
- Killed In Action (KIA), combatants, combat, battles, soldiers, guerrilla warfare
- Local Identifier
- 16-3913
- Title
- Combat Insertion Into a "Hot" LZ
- Personal Creator
- Douglas Pike
- Description
- Combat insertion into a "hot" LZ (Landing Zone). Photo by Douglas Pike.
- Subjects
- combatants, Landing Zone (LZ), U.S. Military, helicopters, Huey helicopters, Iroquois Helicopters, Vietnam, Vietnam War
- Local Identifier
- 16-2932
- Title
- Viet Cong Attacking U.S. Military Camp
- Personal Creator
- Barney Rouse
- Description
- "Get Those Trucks Moved!" More messages from the North. Photo by Barney Rouse, "C" Battery, FDC, 6th Battalion, 14th Artillery Regiment, RVN 1966-67.
- Subjects
- combat, attacks, combatants, North Vietnamese Army (NVA), military vehicles, military camps, Vietnam War, Vietnam, guerrilla warfare
- Local Identifier
- 16-2938
- Title
- Viet Cong KIA after Attacking the Perimeter of Tan Son Nhut Air Base
- Personal Creator
- Edgar Price
- Description
- Viet Cong dead after an attack on the perimeter of Tan Son Nhut Air Base. 1 Feb. 1968 Photo by: SP5 Edgar Price.
- Subjects
- Viet Cong, deaths, North Vietnamese Army (NVA), military bases, military photography, military history, Killed In Action (KIA), war photography, U.S. Military, soldiers, Tet Offensive, battles, combat, combatants
- Local Identifier
- 16-2942
- Title
- Aftermath of the Tet Offensive in Saigon
- Personal Creator
- Ken Howser
- Description
- After the Tet Offensive in Saigon, Vietnam, 1968. Photo courtesy Ken Howser
- Subjects
- Vietnam War, Vietnam, soldiers, destruction, damage, cities, Vietnamese, Tet Offensive, battles, combatants, Refugees
- Local Identifier
- 16-3678
- Title
- Civilians Move Through Cholon in the Aftermath of the Tet Fighting
- Personal Creator
- Unknown
- Description
- Civilians move through Cholon in the aftermath of the Tet fighting. The scenes of destruction testify to the ferocity of the fighting that took place here.
- Subjects
- battles, fighters, destruction, combatants, civilians
- Local Identifier
- 16-4736
- Title
- Fighting at the Height of the Tet Offensive
- Personal Creator
- Unknown
- Description
- The view from the Free World building in Saigon. Columns of smoke mark the scene of fighting at the height of the Tet Offensive.
- Subjects
- fighters, soldiers, combatants, Tet Offensive
- Local Identifier
- 16-4711
- Title
- Hal Moore, United States Army Lieutenant General
- Personal Creator
- Rudy A. Jaramillo
- Description
- Hal Moore. Harold Gregory "Hal" Moore, Jr. (born February 13, 1922) is a retired United States Army lieutenant general and author. He is a recipient of the Distinguished Service Cross, which is the U.S. military's second highest lieutenantsfor valor, and was the first of his West Point class (1945) to be promoted to brigadier general, major general, and lieutenant general. Moore is best known as the lieutenant colonel in command of the 1st Battalion, 7th Cavalry Regiment, at the Battle of Ia Drang in 1965, during the Vietnam War. The battle was made into the movie We Were Soldiers in 2002, which starred actor Mel Gibson as Moore; today, Moore is the "honorary colonel" of the regiment. In 2007, Moore's volunteer driver wrote a book on Moore's personal religious journey titled A General's Spiritual Journey. In 2013, author Mike Guardia published the first full-length biography of Moore's life and career titled Hal Moore: A Soldier Once...and Always. Moore was awarded the Order of Saint Maurice by the National Infantry Association as well as the Distinguished Graduate Award by the West Point Association of Graduates. Photo by Rudy A. Jaramillo
- Subjects
- cavalry, battles, combat, combatants, Vietnam War, Vietnam, soldiers, lieutenants, Military decorations
- Local Identifier
- 16-3511
- Title
- Wounded Soldier is Assisted by His Comrades
- Personal Creator
- Harold Keim
- Description
- Soldier with leg and/or foot wound is helped away from the field by fellow soliders. Photo by Harold Keim
- Subjects
- battles, Wounded in action (WIA), combat, combatants, land mines, Vietnam, Vietnam War, Army, U.S. Military, extractions, medics, medevacs
- Local Identifier
- 16-3803
- Title
- Soldiers Helping Soldiers During a Fire Fight in Hue, Southern Vietnam
- Personal Creator
- Art Greenspon
- Description
- As fellow troopers aided wounded buddies, a paratrooper of A Company, 101st Airborne, guides a medical evacuation helicopter through the jungle foliage to pick up casualties during a five-day patrol of an area southwest of Hue, South Vietnam, April 1968. This photograph is featured on the cover of the Associated Press' book 'Vietnam: The Real War.'
- Subjects
- Vietnam, Vietnam War, soldiers, Killed In Action (KIA), Wounded in action (WIA), battles, combat, combatants, shots, shot, guns, attacks, friends, troops
- Local Identifier
- 16-3538
- Title
- Military Aircraft Landing at Khe Sanh Under Fire
- Personal Creator
- U.S. Air Force
- Description
- C-130 Landing at Khe Sanh Under Fire, "Getting there was half the story." U.S Air Force and Navy Jets put down a line of defensive fire as they engage in the protection of a C-130 transport preparing for departure from the Marine base at Khe Sanh. Enemy forces were spotted moving along a mountainside in full view of the base just after the C-130 landed a load of ammunition. Air strikes were called in and the enemy's apparent plan to destroy the aircraft and its cargo was foiled U.S. Air Force photo.
- Subjects
- aircraft, airports, combat, combatants, air forces, transport aircraft, military bases, Viet Cong, North Vietnamese Army (NVA), United States Forces, air strikes, airstrips
- Local Identifier
- 16-2905
- Title
- Soldiers Move into the Alley Behind BOQ #3 in Saigon
- Personal Creator
- Edgar Price
- Description
- U.S. soldiers move into the alley behind BOQ #3 in Saigon. 31 January 1968. Photo by: SP5 Edgar Price
- Subjects
- Tet Offensive, Vietnam War, Vietnam, battles, combatants, combat, U.S. Military, soldiers
- Local Identifier
- 16-2933
- Title
- Viet Cong Dead After an Attack on the Perimeter of Tan Son Nhut Air Base
- Personal Creator
- Edgar Price
- Description
- Viet Cong dead after an attack on the perimeter of Tan Son Nhut Air Base. 1 Feb. 1968 Photo by: SP5 Edgar Price
- Subjects
- soldiers, Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vietnam, Killed In Action (KIA), battles, combatants, combat, deaths, North Vietnamese Army (NVA), Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), U.S. Military
- Local Identifier
- 16-2928
- Title
- U.S. Soldiers Charge Down Alley Behind BOQ #3 in Saigon
- Personal Creator
- Edgar Price
- Description
- U.S. soldiers charge down alley behind BOQ #3 in Saigon. Viet Cong had staged multiple attacks during the Tet Offensive one focused on BOQ #3. 31 January 1968. Photo by: SP5 Edgar Price
- Subjects
- combat, combatants, Viet Cong, Tet Offensive, U.S. Military, soldiers, invaders, attacks, North Vietnamese Army (NVA)
- Local Identifier
- 16-2920
- Title
- Medics Carry the Body of a Dead South Vietnamese Officer
- Personal Creator
- Bryan Grigsby
- Description
- ARVN medics carry the body of a dead South Vietnamese officer from the French National Cemetery where a firefight was taking place. This action was part of what later became known as the Post-Tet Offensive of the May Offensive of 1968. 6 May 1968 - Photo by SP4 Bryan Grigsby (DASPO)
- Subjects
- South Vietnamese, South Vietnamese Army (SVA), Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), deaths, Killed In Action (KIA), officers, soldiers, medics, cemeteries, firefighters, attacks, combat, combatants, battles
- Local Identifier
- 16-2927