Highlighted Photographs from the National

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Highlighted Photographs from the National
Highlighted Photographs from the National Archives about the Vietnam War
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A BREAK IN THE RAIN--Two battle weary Leathernecks of the 26th Marine Regiment take a
break, rain and all, during Operation Bold Mariner. The cordon operation on the Batangan
Peninsula in Quang Ngai Province is aimed at uncovering and destroying the dreaded Viet Cong
and his political infrastructure that preys on defenseless Vietnamese in remote villages and
hamlets., 1927 - 1981
National Archives Identifier 532462
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Wet going - Marine Private First Class J.L. Collins keeps a battery pack dry as he wades through
a muddy hole while on a search mission with "I" Company, 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment,
12 miles south-southwest of DaNang Vietnam.: 1927 - 1981
National Archives Identifier 532464
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Photograph of a Marine Landing at Danang, Vietnam: 08/03/1965
National Archives Identifier 595865
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Long Khanh Province, Republic of Vietnam....SP4 R. Richter, 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry,
173rd Airborne Brigade, lifts his battle weary eyes to the heavens, as if to ask why? Sergeant
Daniel E. Spencer stares down at their fallen comrade. The day's battle ended, the silently await
the helicopter which will evacuate their comrade from the jungle covered hills.: 1966
National Archives Identifier 531446
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Photograph of Private First Class Russell R. Widdifield in Vietnam: 1969
National Archives Identifier 532493
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Soldiers carry a wounded comrade through a swampy area.: 1969
National Archives Identifier 531457
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Vietnam....A Marine walking point for his unit during Operation Macon moves slowly, cautious
of enemy pitfalls., 1966
National Archives Identifier 532445
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Vietnam....Marines of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 4th Regiment, walk through a punji-staked
gully.: 01/28/1966
National Archives Identifier 532439
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Operation Georgia--Marines blow up bunkers and tunnels used by the Viet Cong., 05/05/1966
National Archives Identifier 532444
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Dong Ha, Vietnam. Operation Hastings - Marines of Company H, 2nd Battalion, 4th Marine
Regiment take to the water as they move to join up with other elements of their battalion.:
07/1966
National Archives Identifier 532443
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Operation "Oregon," a search and destroy mission conducted by an infantry platoon of Troop B,
1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), three kilometers
west of Duc Pho, Quang Ngai Province. An infantryman is lowered into a tunnel by members of
the reconnaissance platoon.: 04/24/1967
National Archives Identifier 530613
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Vietnam....A Sky Trooper from the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) keeps track of the time he
has left on his "short time" helmet, while participating in Operation Pershing, near Bong Son.:
1968
National Archives Identifier 531453
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Vietnam...."Home is where you dig" was the sign over the fighting bunker of Private First Class
Edward, Private First Class Falls and Private First Class Morgan of the 1st Battalion, 7th
Regiment, during Operation Worth.: 1968
National Archives Identifier 532482
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OPERATION "YELLOWSTONE" VIETNAM: Following a hard day, a few members of
Company "A," 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry (Mechanized), 25th Infantry Division, gather around
a guitar player and sing a few songs.: 01/18/1968
National Archives Identifier 530617
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My Tho, Vietnam. A Viet Cong base camp being. In the foreground is Private First Class
Raymond Rumpa, St Paul, Minnesota, C Company, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry
Division, with 45 pound 90mm recoiless rifle.: 04/05/1968
National Archives Identifier 530621
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A young soldier from the Popular Forces stands gate guard duty in Vietnam.: 1968
National Archives Identifier 532459
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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 northnortheast 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
National Archives Identifier 530612
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Vietnam. Operations - Badger Catch., 1927 - 1981
National Archives Identifier 532498
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Operation Starlight, a U.S. Marine Corps search and destroy operation south of Chu Lai. Viet
Cong casualties stood at 599 killed and six captured. Viet Cong prisoners await being carried by
helicopter to rear area., 08/1965
National Archives Identifier 541868
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Vietnam....Corporal M.R. Carter guards an NVA soldier he captured during a ground
movement ten miles northeast of An Hoa., 11/20/1968
National Archives Identifier 532503
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An aerial view of the Viet Cong infested Tay Ninh Province 45 miles northwest of Saigon.:
10/03/1962
National Archives Identifier 531439
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A Viet Cong soldier crouches in a bunker with an SKS rifle., 1968
National Archives Identifier 530624
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A girl, holding a small child, stands in the ruins of their home after a Viet Cong attack. Saigon,
January 31, 1968., 1968
National Archives Identifier 541980
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Vietnam....Known Viet Cong prisoners are being led to a helicopter landing zone for evacuation
to the regimental collection point. The men all have old bullet wounds and barbed-wire fence
wounds., 07/25/1965
National Archives Identifier 532428
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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.:
08/03/1965
National Archives Identifier 532431
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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
National Archives Identifier 541867
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Corporal Atchley (Long Beach, CA), a squad leader of Company B, 1st Battalion, 9th Marines,
guards a Viet Cong as he moves toward the collection point. Action took place during Operation
Golden Fleece., 10/10/1965
National Archives Identifier 532434
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Captured Viet Cong. A Viet Cong prisoner captured during Operation Double Eagle, 20 miles
south of Quang Ngai, Vietnam is brought into the collection area by Marines. Prisoners are
blindfolded and tied to prevent escape attempts. The card on the prisoner's black pajama shirt
relates to circumstances of his capture.: 02/01/1966
National Archives Identifier 532509
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Thuong Duc, Vietnam....A Viet Cong prisoner awaits interrogation at the A-109 Special Forces
Detachment in Thuong Duc, 25 km west of Da Nang.: 01/23/1967
National Archives Identifier 531447
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A Viet Cong suspect, captured during an attack on an American outpost near the Cambodian
border in South Vietnam, is interrogated.: 12/20/1968
National Archives Identifier 542340
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Napalm bombs explode on Viet Cong structures south of Saigon in the Republic of Vietnam.:
1965
National Archives Identifier 542328
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Flame Thrower. Operation New Castle.: 03/26/1967
National Archives Identifier 532488
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Aerial Photograph of Kham Duc: 1968 - 1968
National Archives Identifier 595530
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Vietnam. Defoliation Mission. A UH-1D helicopter from the 336th Aviation Company sprays a
defoliation agent on a dense jungle area in the Mekong delta.: 07/26/1969
National Archives Identifier 530626
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Da Nang, Vietnam.... Sergeant Robert E. Fears clears an area using his flamethrower.:
05/22/1970
National Archives Identifier 532491
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Stunned by the viciousness of a Viet Cong attack on their village, Vietnam war refugees ride an
Air Force helicopter to a safe area near Saigon., 03/1966
National Archives Identifier 541871
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Four Vietnamese and three Americans were killed, and dozens of Vietnamese buildings were
heavily damaged during a Viet Cong bomb attack against a multi-story U.S. officers billet in
Saigon., 04/01/1966
National Archives Identifier 541848
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Crack troops of the Vietnamese Army in combat operations against the Communist Viet Cong
guerrillas. Marshy terrain of the delta country makes their job of rooting out terrorists hazardous
and extremely difficult., 1961
National Archives Identifier 541973
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Men of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, move along rice paddy dikes in pursuit of the
Viet Cong., 12/10/1965
National Archives Identifier 532437
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A young American lieutenant, his leg burned by an exploding Viet Cong white phosphorus
booby trap, is treated by a medic., 1966
National Archives Identifier 541863
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Vietnam....A soldier of the 1st Infantry Division motions to a woman refugee to keep her
children's heads down during a fight with Viet Cong who had attempted to ambush the unit
during a move through an area criss-crossed with bamboo hedgerows., 01/16/1966
National Archives Identifier 531443
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Dak To, South Vietnam. An infantry patrol moves up to assault the last Viet Cong position after
an attempted overrun of the artillery position by the Viet Cong during Operation Hawthorne.,
06/07/1966
National Archives Identifier 530611
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Elements of the Blue (rifle) Platoon, Troop B, 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division
(Airmobile), "Eyes and ears of the Division," conduct combat assault missions against the Viet
Cong and North Vietnamese troops in the An Lao Valley in conjunction with Operation
"Pershing." Private First Class Carl D. Demarco (Hawthorne, N.Y.), infantryman, searches a
destroyed Viet Cong supply cave., 07/28/1967
National Archives Identifier 530615
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Vietnam....Infantrymen of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marine Regiment, make their way through
five-foot-high elephant grass after being dropped into the zone November 20 during Operation
Meade River. The 3500-man troop lift, aided by more than 75 helicopters of the 1st Marine
Aircraft Wing, was completed in approximately two hours., 1927 - 1981
National Archives Identifier 532497
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Battle of Hamo Village during Tet., 1927 - 1981
National Archives Identifier 532451
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Vietnam: helicopter and soldier approaching target. Viet Nam Photo Service., ca. 1965
National Archives Identifier 541977
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Da Nang, Vietnam....For hours every day, the Marine MP at Da Nang's Checkpoint Charlie has
assistance as he checks vehicles through. The youngsters are Tai, left, and Vo, the sons of
Vietnamese air force sergeant who lives on the base. The Marine is Lance Corporal James T.
Carter., 07/28/1965
National Archives Identifier 532430
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Vietnam....LVTP-5 amphibious tractors transport 3rd Marine Division troops., 1966
National Archives Identifier 532508
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Vietnam. Marine Corps flame thrower tank in action., 01/1966
National Archives Identifier 532440
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A Navy gunner mans his 50 caliber machine gun on utility boat as it cruises in the Rung Sat
zone of South Vietnam during Operation Jackstay., 03/26/1966
National Archives Identifier 558509
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UH-1D helicopters airlift members of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regiment from the Filhol
Rubber Plantation area to a new staging area, during Operation "Wahiawa," a search and
destroy mission conducted by the 25th Infantry Division, northeast of Cu Chi, Vietnam.,
05/16/1966
National Archives Identifier 530610
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A U.S. Army soldier directs a UH-1 helicopter approaching to pick up injured after a paradrop
in South Vietnam., 10/1966
National Archives Identifier 542300
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Pink Rose...During the Pink Rose test program target areas near Tay Ninh and An Loc,
Vietnam were sprayed with defoliation agents twice and with a drying agent once. Ten flights
of three B-52s each dropped 42 M-35 incendiary incendiary cluster bombs, per aircraft, into the
target area setting fires that burned the heavy growth as well as enemy fortifications hidden
there. Sweeping over the tree-tops this C-123 Ranch Hand aircraft sprays defoliant over the
target area., 01/1967
National Archives Identifier 542337
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"Doe" Morris moves through heavy grass in a deserted rice paddy while on patrol during
operation Kentucky V with A Company, 1st Battalion, 4th Marines., 1967
National Archives Identifier 532455
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Vietnam....A U.S.Navy river patrol boat (PBR) crewman maintains vigilance at the .50-caliber
machine gun during the boat's day-long patrol on the Go Cong River., 01/1967
National Archives Identifier 558533
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Phan Rang, Vietnam....First Lieutenant Tovar of the Recondos gives instructions to his squad
leaders while on Operation Farafot IV., 03/18/1967
National Archives Identifier 531448
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A machine gunner and a rifleman from the 5th Marine Regiment fire at the enemy near the
Demilitarized Zone in Vietnam., 05/23/1967
National Archives Identifier 532477
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Operation "Billings" Medic from the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, searches
the sky for a Medevac helicopter to evacuate wounded buddy, following air assault into LZ
Rufe., 06/1967
National Archives Identifier 531449
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Vietnam....A Marine stands watch in an observation tower as Lieutenant Commander McElroy,
the 3rd Battalion, 26th Marines chaplain, holds mass on Hill 950., 07/31/1967
National Archives Identifier 532465
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Vietnam....Marines riding atop an M-48 tank cover their ears as te 90mm gun fires during a
road sweep southwest of Phu Bai., 04/03/1968
National Archives Identifier 532483
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U.S. Air Force HH-3 helicopter crewman fires a mini-gun during rescue patrol over South
Vietnam., 10/17/1968
National Archives Identifier 542342
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Vietnam. Three Fighter Squadron 161 (VF-161) F-4D Phantom II fighter aircraft from the
attack aircraft carrier USS Midway (CVA-41) and three Corsair II attack aircraft from the
attack aircraft carrier USS America (CVA 66) drop Loran Bombs during a strike mission.,
03/1973
National Archives Identifier 558517
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Moods: President Lyndon B. Johnson listens to tape sent by Captain Charles Robb from
Vietnam: 07/31/1968
National Archives Identifier 192617
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Vietnam War protesters. 1967. Wichita, Kans: 1967
National Archives Identifier 283628
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Vietnam War protesters. 1967 Wichita, Kans: 1967
National Archives Identifier 283626
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Vietnam War protesters. 1967. Wichita, Kans: 1967
National Archives Identifier 283627
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Photograph of Pittsburgh Veterans for Peace at the March on the Pentagon: 10/21/1967
National Archives Identifier 2803433
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Photograph of Veterans for Peace at the March on the Pentagon: 10/21/1967
National Archives Identifier 2803434
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Members of the military police keep back protesters during their sit-in at the Mall Entrance to the
Pentagon.: 10/21/1967
National Archives Identifier 530618
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Public Reactions: The March on the Pentagon: 10/21/1967
National Archives Identifier 192603
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Washington, D.C. Anti-Vietnam Demonstration. Protesters sit on the wall around their bonfire
after spending the night at the Pentagon's mall entrance.: 10/22/1967
National Archives Identifier 530619
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Washington D.C. Anti-Vietnam Demonstration. U.S. Marshals bodily remove one of the
protesters during the outbreak of violence at the Pentagon Building.: 10/22/1967
National Archives Identifier 530620
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Public Reactions: Signs of support: 11/11/1967
National Archives Identifier 192606
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