Machine Gun Team of Vietnamese Paratroopers in Action
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Attack on Saigon (Tet Offensive) 31 January 1968 - A machine gun team of Vietnamese paratroopers in action near rail line one-half mile northeast of Ton San Nhut.
Civilians Move Through Cholon in the Aftermath of the Tet Fighting
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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.
Republic of Vietnam Soldiers Maintain Radio Contact as they Move Against the Viet Cong
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Republic of Vietnam Members of Co A, 30th Ranger Bn, maintain radio contact as they move in against Viet Cong terrorist near Saigon during the Lunar New Year Holiday. 31 January 1968 Photo by Sp5 James Newlin 22st Sig C
Vietnamese Marines Fight Communist Infiltrators in Gia Dinh
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Vietnamese Marines fight communist infiltrators in Gia Dinh. ARVN marines advance toward dug in Viet Cong troops in Gia Dinh three miles northeast of the Presidential Palace in Saigon, June 5, 1968. The combat-hardened Marines carry gas masks. The tank in the background suffered some damage the previous day from communist gunfire. The man on the left carries a 57mm recoilless rifle into battle. Photo by Douglas Pike.
Soldier (possibly Bernie Weisz?) firing at a sniper in May of '66 north of base camp in Happy Valley 2nd Platoon. Photo by Dennis Blessing, 1966 Company B, 1/7 Cavalry.
Jim Bates & Thny. "Jim was my Team Leader and Thny was a Kit Carson Scout. We were lucky to get a couple of good ones. Their families were killed by the VC/NVA, so they wanted them more than we did". The Kit Carson Scouts (Vietnamese: Hồi Chánh Viên, a term loosely translated as "members who have returned to the righteous side") belonged to a special program initially created by the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War involving the use of former Viet Cong combatants as intelligence scouts for American infantry units. Photo and comments by David Weeks II.
U.S. Soldiers Charge Down Alley Behind BOQ #3 in Saigon
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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
Soldier Staying Low in a Rice Paddy. Private First Class. Lacey Skinner of Birmingham, Ala., crawls alongside a rice paddy dike near An Thi, Vietnam while under fire from Viet Cong troops trying to repel an assault of the U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division on Jan. 28, 1966.
Soldier Fires at Viet Cong Positions in Cholon During the Unsuccessful Tet Offensive
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An ARVN soldier fires at Viet Cong positions in Cholon during the unsuccessful TET offensive by the Viet Cong to control Capital city and surrounding areas in 1968. Photo by Douglas Pike.
Reoccuping a Hilltop Outpost After Hand-To-Hand Combat
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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
Medics Carry the Body of a Dead South Vietnamese Officer
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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)
Soldiers Helping Soldiers During a Fire Fight in Hue, Southern Vietnam
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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.'
