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Title: Pilot In An U.S. Army Huey
Personal Creator: Gonzo Gove
Description: Gonzo Gove in an U.S. Army Huey helicopter. Photo by Gonzo Gove.
Subjects: pilots, U.S. Military, Army, helicopters, Huey helicopters
Local Identifiers: 16-3419

Title: Plane at Khe Sanh beyond the leveled ammunition dump
Personal Creator: Unknown
Description: Resupply--An Air Force C-123 touches down at Khe Sanh beyond the leveled ammunition dump. January, 1968: Tet Offensive.
Subjects: supplies, suppliers, air forces, U.S. Military, U.S. Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV), ammunition components, leveling, military aircraft, military photography, planes, aircraft, airstrips, transport aircraft
Local Identifiers: 16-2888

Title: Soldiers Posing in Front of a U.S. Flag
Personal Creator: Tom Everhart
Description: "Sgt. Rush had balls to walk around shirtless. Kinzels Dad was a Panzer driver in WWII." Photo and comments by Vietnam Veteran, Tom Everhart.
Subjects: sergeant, U.S. Military, Army, Vietnam, humor, group portraits
Local Identifiers: 16-3693

Title: Underground Bunker at Military Base Battalion
Personal Creator: Tom Everhart
Description: "Entrance to my underground bunker at Battalion." Photo and comment by Tom Everhart
Subjects: military bases, military installations, military security buildings, U.S. Military, Vietnam, Vietnam War, bunkers
Local Identifiers: 16-3817

Title: Flag Raising On Veterans Day
Description: Ceremonial raising of the United States flag in honor of Veterans Day, November 11, 2014. Veterans Day was originally called Armistice Day which commemorated the end of World War I. World War I officially ended when the Treaty of Versailles was signed on June 28, 1919. However, the fighting ended about seven months before that when the Allies and Germany put into effect an armistice on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. For that reason, Nov. 11, 1918, was largely considered the end of “the war to end all wars” and dubbed Armistice Day. In 1926, Congress officially recognized it as the end of the war, and in 1938, it became an official holiday, primarily a day set aside to honor veterans of World War I.
Subjects: Salt Lake Community College, Veterans' organizations, ceremonies, Memorial rites & ceremonies, Military parades & ceremonies, Saluting, Military standards, U.S. Military, flagpoles, flags, Flag bearers, Vietnam War, civilians, national holidays
Local Identifiers: 17-0486

Title: Air Force Soldiers Pause for the Camera
Personal Creator: John Clarke
Description: Off duty air force soldiers sit, drink and smoke together. Photo by John Clarke
Subjects: military buildings, military personnel, soldiers, military social buildings, U.S. Military, air forces, Vietnam War, Vietnam
Local Identifiers: 16-3500

Title: Vietnam Veteran, William Carr Jr., Remembers a Fellow Soldier
Personal Creator: Larry Shirk & James Fisher, courtesy of William Carr Jr.
Description: Date: 10/24/2005 3:42:20 PM Eastern Daylight I regret to inform you of the recent death of former "Redcatcher," William Condon. "Billy," as we called him, was formerly a member of our unit, 3d Platoon, C Company, 2d Battalion, 3d U.S. Infantry Regiment (Old Guard), 199th Light Infantry Brigade (Separate), at Fort Benning and in Vietnam in 1966 and 1967. He was a member of Sergeant James Williston's squad. In case you did not know, he died this past summer of complications associated with a seizure, as I understand it, according to a woman who said she was his wife. Today at lunchtime, I called his home in Maine and a woman answered. I told her I was looking for William Condon; I had served with him in Vietnam. She said that her husband had died in either July or June of this year. (Sorry, I could not understand everything she said and I could not bring myself to question her too much about the details). Billy was a funny guy, as I remember him. Had a way of talking that amused me - anyway. A couple of things I will always remember about Billy. (1) He liked to sit down. I remember on one mission, we were searching .a village. Billy had a habit of sitting down a lot, or at least it seemed that way to me. So when I passed a Vietnamese "hooch" that apparently Billy had just finished searching and saw him sitting down on one of those mounds of hardened mud (you may recall the Vietnamese villagers slept on these in their houses,) I remarked (and I can recall it clear as day), "Billy, you are always sitting down," I said. "I'll bet if you ever get hit, you will get it sitting down." Just as I finished my sentence, I looked down and right beside Billy was a grenade. I don't know where it came from, it might even have been his, but I didn't wait to find out and neither did he. We assumed it had come from inside the mound, from a "spider hole," those mysterious holes in the ground that we use to throw grenades in to kill any Viet Cong that may have been hiding in them. Anyway, I yelled ".Look out Billy! grenade beside you!" and we both ran as fast away from that house and the grenade as we could get. We never knew if it exploded or not, but of course we were not going back to find out. (2). Another thing I remember about Billy was that he was always getting stuck in the knee high (sometimes waist-high) mud we always had to walk through in our combat missions in the rice paddies in the Delta of Vietnam. We would all be trudging through, pulling ourselves along and there would be Billy - dragging along slightly behind, with his buddy, Merrill Doyle. Usually, on average maybe once per mission, I recall, one of them would get stuck. Because of suction, or whatever, immobilizing their movements they could not walk. The unstuck member of the duo would have to help pull them out. Others of us in the squad would sometimes have to help, also. It's been almost 40 years since I saw him last and I don't recall more. I wish he could have attended one of our Redcatcher Association reunions. I called him about 7 or 8 years ago to get him to come, but he said he did not want to even talk about Vietnam at that point. Out of respect for his wishes, I never attempted to contact him again until today. Now I'm thinking maybe I should have called sooner. Sorry to have to bring this news to you this way, I know most of the guys who read this might have seen him more recently than I did, if you remember him at all. Many of us will never forget him. May he have eternal peace and may God forgive his sins. Regards and please pass this message along, Bill Carr Sergeant Major, Retired Formerly with 3d Platoon, 0/2/3/199 LIB Nov '67-Apr 1967. Photographs by SSG Larry Shirk and SP4 James Fisher courtesy of William Carr Jr.
Subjects: portraits, oral histories, histories, Vietnam, Vietnam War, war memorials, military history, military personnel, military photography, people in military occupations, U.S. Military, soldiers
Local Identifiers: 16-2566

Title: Ranger Class 10, Graduates
Personal Creator: Milt Brown
Description: Ranger Class 10 on April 16, 1964. I am in third row from front, seventh from left. Also in this class is Ranger Hugh Shelton (later Chairman of the Joint Chiefs), Ranger Ron Ray (MOH) and Assit Sec of Veterans Affairs.. also Ranger Ernie Medina, Lt. Calley's Company Commander. — with Ranger Ernie Medina, Ranger Tony Ling, Ranger Ron Ray, Ranger Sherm Williford and Ranger Hugh Shelton. Photo by Milt Brown
Subjects: Rangers, military training camps, training, graduates, U.S. Military
Local Identifiers: 16-3112

Title: Soldiers on a U.S. Naval Ship Being Deployed to Vietnam
Personal Creator: Roger McGill
Description: 3/4 Cavalry Troopers from the Motor pool. 3/4 Cavalry HHT (Headquarters & Headquarters Troop) On U.S.N.S (U.S. Naval Ship ) "Gen. Weigel," 1966. This is the Troop Ship that we left Hawaii on heading to Okie on our way to Vietnam - This is all Pacific Ocean. Photo by Roger McGill.
Subjects: troops, cavalry, oceans, U.S. Military, U.S. Navy, military deployment, military history
Local Identifiers: 16-2569

Title: United States Army Huey
Personal Creator: James Tree Machin
Description: U.S. Army Huey and soldiers. "A welcome site in Vietnam." -Vietnam Veteran. Photo by James Tree Machin.
Subjects: military aircraft, Army, U.S. Military, soldiers, helicopters, Huey helicopters
Local Identifiers: 16-3217

Title: Soldiers Delivered to Battle via UH-1 Helicopter
Personal Creator: Douglas Pike
Description: UH-1 helicopter, aerial delivery of personnel. During the Vietnam War, the United States relied on the helicopter as never before. The helicopter's role in combat expanded enormously in this conflict as thousands of "choppers" rapidly transported personnel throughout the war zone. Heavily armed helicopters offered a fearsome component to ground operations as close air support. Photo by Douglas Pike.
Subjects: combat, Vietnam War, helicopters, Iroquois Helicopters, Huey helicopters, aerial activities, soldiers, war photography, military personnel, U.S. Military
Local Identifiers: 16-2943

Title: C Company's Bunker
Personal Creator: James Tree Machin
Description: C company bunker, "home away from home". Photo by James Tree Machin
Subjects: military bases, military buildings, military camps, military housing, fortification elements, fortifications, U.S. Military, Vietnam War, Vietnam
Local Identifiers: 16-3251

Title: Veterans Center at SLCC
Description: The purpose of Veterans Services is to provide comprehensive assistance and support to all Salt Lake Community College service members, veterans and dependents as individuals complete their educational goals. Since 1948, Salt Lake Community College (SLCC) has been a proud supporter of those who have served in all branches of the U.S. Military. In 1948, the Salt Lake Area Vocational School, now known as Salt Lake Community College, opened its doors and began serving and training veterans returning from WWII desiring to utilize their new education benefit called, the Montgomery GI BILL. The first 145 students were veterans, and by the second semester, 589 military students were using their VA educational benefits for their education. Today, over 1,100 veterans/dependents attend SLCC each semester. The main Veterans Center is located on the Taylorsville Redwood Campus in the Student Center, room 059. Also located on the South City Campus. There is an outreach specialist that will meet with Veteran Students on other campuses as well.
Subjects: Veterans' organizations, Veterans, military deployment, Military life, Taylorsville Redwood Campus, South City Campus, Student Center (Redwood Campus), Student aspirations, educational associations, Students, U.S. Military
Local Identifiers: 18-0030

Title: Soldier Gratefully Heading Back Home
Personal Creator: David Wayne
Description: "Inside my Freedom Bird....I made it !!!!" Photo and comment by David Wayne
Subjects: Vietnam War, military homecoming, military deployment, military personnel, U.S. Military, airplanes, travelers, freedom, soldiers, Travel
Local Identifiers: 16-3545

Title: Soldier in the 101st Airborne Division
Personal Creator: Ruben Yzaguirre
Description: Recon 1/502 101st Airborne Division, Vietnam 1969-70. Photo by Ruben Yzaguirre The 502nd Infantry Regiment (502nd INF), previously titled the 502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment (502nd PIR), is an airborne infantry regiment of the United States Army. The regiment was established shortly after the American entry into World War II, and was assigned as a regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, "The Screaming Eagles", one of the most decorated formations of the U.S. Army. The regiment saw substantial action in the European Theater of World War II and was deactivated in 1945, shortly after the end of the war. Reactivating in a new form in 1956, the 502nd Infantry has served in the Vietnam War, the first Gulf War, Operation Iraqi Freedom, and Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. It was removed from parachute status with the rest of the 101st Airborne Division in 1969, and since 1974, the regiment has been classified as an Air Assault unit. Currently, its 1st and 2nd battalions are active. Both battalions are assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) 2nd Battalion served almost seven years in the Republic of Vietnam. 1st Battalion did five years. Fighting scattered actions under two different brigade headquarters from the Mekong River delta in the south to the DMZ up north, they earned 27 campaign streamers, six American, and eight Vietnamese unit citations between them, including two Presidential Unit Citations earned by 2nd Battalion for An Khe and Dak To. 1/502 fought in the A Shau Valley and the Rescue of Dustoff 65. Three 2nd Battalion soldiers earned the Medal of Honor. Specialist Dale E. Wayrynen, Private First Class Milton A. Lee, and Corporal Frank R. Fratellenico all have Fort Campbell landmarks named for them. In December 1971, after having drawn down in country, the 101st began returning home to Fort Campbell.
Subjects: studio portraits, infantries, infantrymen, soldiers, Vietnam War, Airborne Brigade, Army, U.S. Military, military uniforms, military deployment, battalions
Local Identifiers: 16-3683

Title: Saigon Military Police Take Up Positions Across the Street From the U.S. Embassy
Personal Creator: Edgar Price
Description: Saigon military police take up positions across the street from the U.S. Embassy. 31 Jan. 1968 Photo by: SP5 Edgar Price Pictorial A.V. Plt. 69th Sig. Bn.
Subjects: embassies, U.S. Military, North Vietnamese Army (NVA), Viet Cong, Vietnam War, Vietnam, Vietnamese, Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN), invaders, attacks, Tet Offensive
Local Identifiers: 16-2922

Title: Project Eldest Son – The U.S. Scheme to Sabotage Viet Cong Rifles
Personal Creator: Unknown
Description: Project Eldest Son – The U.S. Scheme to Sabotage Charlie’s Rifles. “The objective of the scheme was two fold: to thin the enemy’s ranks while at the same time sapping his confidence in his own equipment.” THE U.S. MILITARY’S Studies and Information Group might sound like a dull Washington policy think thank, but during the Vietnam War, the SOG planned and carried out some of the most daring, not to mention devious, operations of the long and bloody conflict. Case in point: Beginning in 1967, the notorious unconventional warfare unit flooded communist ammo depots throughout Southeast Asia with thousands of sabotaged rifle, machine gun and mortar rounds. Each of the ordinary looking bullets was packed with enough high explosives to destroy any weapon that fired it while also maiming (perhaps even killing) the unlucky shooter. And the charges hidden within spiked mortar shells were so potent they could wipe out an entire gun crew. The objective of the scheme was two fold: To thin the enemy’s ranks while at the same time sapping his confidence in his own equipment. It was a 45-year-old SOG colonel named John Singlaub who first suggested the ploy. The former OSS operative supposedly borrowed the idea from the British army, which had secretly distributed its own exploding .303 Lee Enfield rifle rounds to enemy rebels in Waziristan during the 1930s and even tribal insurgents in Zimbabwe as far back as the 1890s. The American plan, dubbed Project Eldest Son, called for technicians to pry apart thousands of captured AK-47 and 12.7 mm machine gun rounds, as well as 82 mm mortar shells. Once opened, the casings would be filled with a potent explosive that was virtually indistinguishable from conventional gunpowder. The booby trapped munitions were then reassembled and mixed into crates of perfectly good ammo bound for enemy supply depots. Eventually, the SOG manufactured more than 12,000 trick rifle bullets and machine gun rounds along with nearly 2,000 killer mortar shells. Over a two-year period, U.S. special ops teams fanned out across South Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia covertly adding ammo crates containing the corrupted rounds into enemy supply caches. Another tactic was to leave full magazines loaded with a single tainted bullet onto battlefields in hopes the ammunition would be recovered and used by North Vietnamese forces or communist guerrillas. At the same time, the SOG spread rumours of Chinese armaments factories producing faulty munitions. According to the stories, the deficient ammo was being knowingly transferred to communist troops in Vietnam by careless and indifferent government officials in Beijing. It was hoped the revelation would lead to a rift between the two communist powers. The U.S. Armed Forces Radio Network, which was monitored by enemy intelligence, added to the narrative by advising GIs to avoid using captured weapons because of the risk posed by defective Chinese bullets. The SOG even went so far as to forge official looking VC and NVA communiqués reporting the hazardous ammunition. The bogus documents were dropped in the field for enemy units to recover and pass along to their superiors. Little data exists as to the success of the operation. Yet Eldest Son had to be abandoned in 1969 when details of it were leaked to the American media. The story didn’t end there however. It’s been reported recently that the Syrian military has launched a similar operation its two-and-a-half year old civil war against anti-government rebels. According to the New York Times, pro-Assad forces have been secretly passing booby-trapped rounds to enemy fighters via illegal arms bazaars across the region. The paper reports that the Syrian army appropriated the idea from the U.S. military, which had reportedly been booby trapping insurgent bullets in both Afghanistan and Iraq.
Subjects: illegal arms, booby traps, projectile weapons with explosive propellant, Weapons and Ammunition, trap guns, traps, U.S. Military, machine guns, rifles
Local Identifiers: 16-3965

Title: Photograph Of Peter G. Harvey
Description: Photograph of Peter G. Harvey. Photo by Peter G. Harvey.
Subjects: U.S. Military, Army, photographs, soldiers
Local Identifiers: 16-3559

Title: Military Airlift Command, U.S. Airforce
Personal Creator: Brent Gourley
Description: Photo by Brent Gourley and repaired by Dan Fox, 12/1966 -12/67. 281st AHC, Nha Trang, RVN. The 281st Assault Helicopter Company has a rich history and involvement in Special Forces Operations and Special Operations. From the first UH-1A that was operational in-country until the day the colors were retired, the 281st AHC and its predecessor units were instrumental in the strategic reconnaissance mission that was the mainstay of the 5th Special Forces Group (ABN), Special Projects and Special Operations units. It is considered by the U.S. Army Special Warfare Museum and its Historians to be the legacy unit for today's Special Operations Aviation units as it was the only Aviation unit that was attached to the 5th Special Forces Group (ABN) during the Vietnam War. The 281st Assault Helicopter Company (AHC) "Intruders" was stationed at Nha Trang, Republic of Vietnam 1965-1970. It was originally attached to the 5th Special Forces Group and was situated inside the Special Forces Operating Base (SFOB). The 281st AHC was the first US Army Helicopter Company organized and trained as a Special Operations Aviation unit in the Republic of Vietnam. A combat aviation task force from the unit was attached, as requested, to Detachment B-52, Project Delta, a Special Operations Augmentation unit that conducted strategic reconnaissance and other clandestine operations throughout the country of South Vietnam. This attachment constituted the major mission of the unit and resulted in it being named the US Army´s First Special Operations Helicopter Company. The 281st trained with and supported the Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV) RECONDO Training Center in Nha Trang and in its later years provided support for all Major Commands (MACOMs) within the II Corps Tactical Zone. http://www.281st.com/index.htm
Subjects: airplanes, air forces, military aircraft, U.S. Military
Local Identifiers: 16-2751

Title: Photograph of General Westmoreland
Personal Creator: Lt. Bert Pence
Description: Photograph of General Westmoreland. Photo by Lt. Bert Pence, FO Company B, 1/7 Cavalry, 1966.
Subjects: generals, Army, U.S. Military, jeeps, Vietnam War, soldiers
Local Identifiers: 16-2705

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