A Marine battalion lands in South Vietnam. The mission of the landing groups of the 2nd Battalion of the Third Corps was to land on the coast 15 miles north of Hue on July 20, 1967.
Marine behind a machine gun on a hovercraft.
Tank 5 of the Mechanized Corps is crossing the Lo River. Vietnam. 1968. This tank was the most powerful tank used in Vietnam. It is equipped with a 90 mm cannon and two machine guns.
"Chinook" transports ammunition. Helicopter of the 228th aviation battalion. South Vietnam, April 11, 1966.
The shooter fires from a helicopter. Helicopter of the third company of the seventh detachment under the command of William D. Martin. The helicopter is on reconnaissance of Commie positions in the Mekong Valley.
A hovercraft before landing.
US Navy patrol boat en route to Hue 1968.
Ensuring the safety of movement along rivers.
Marines in reconnaissance. Demilitarized Zone, February 1968.
The photo was taken in 1968. This soldier was awarded the Purple Heart three times.
Soldier after the battles for height 875.
Marine's vacation...
Soldiers of the 25th Infantry Division during the Christmas ceasefire. Ku Chi area. 40 miles west of Saigon.
Paratroopers raid through forests on the way to Mount Chu Hong in the La Drang Valley. Vietnam, 1965.
At this time there were fierce battles between the US Army and the Viet Cong. This was the first military encounter between them. Its result: 2,500 dead Viet Cong and 234 American soldiers, plus about three hundred wounded.
