Photo Credit: National Archives SP4 Jackie Coulter (of Lafayette, GA) 1st Infantry Division holds dog that had survived air strike in village near Lai Khê during “Operation Buckskin” on January 18, 1966. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: National Archives During a lull in their flight schedule, Marine Cpl. William H. Mielke, top, and LCpl. Phillip J. Orlando of Headquarters and Maintenance Squadron-36, take a comfortable position before starting to clean the big AD20-8 engine of the H&MS-36 C-117 aircraft on December 30, 1967. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: National Archives A search and seizure phase of “Operation Pershing” in the village of Troun Lan, Binh Dinh Province, approximately 90 km northeast of An Khe. Sergeant George Nemosbatho (Detroit, MI), mortar Platoon Squad Leader, 1st Battalion, 12th Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), takes a drink of fresh coconut milk during a break in the search for the enemy on June 9, 1967. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin…

Photo Credit: University of California Costumed anti-war demonstrators at the 1971 Vietnam War Out Now protest in Washington D.C. on April 24, 1971. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force On the hot flight line at Phu Cat Air Base, Airmen 2nd Class Francis Branch (left) and John Sellung remove a 20mm cannon from an F-100 aircraft in October 1967. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: U.S. Marine Corps South Vietnamese refugees walk across a U.S. Navy vessel. Operation Frequent Wind, the final operation in Saigon, began April 29, 1975. During a nearly constant barrage of explosions, the Marines loaded American and Vietnamese civilians, who feared for their lives, onto helicopters that brought them to waiting aircraft carriers. The Navy vessels brought them to the Philippines and eventually to Camp Pendleton in California. Share the History Love... Facebook…

Photo Credit: University of California, Los Angeles President Richard Nixon speaks to American troops in Dĩ An, Vietnam on July 30, 1969. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: U.S. Navy U.S. Navy SEALS repel down ropes from a U.S. Army Bell UH-1B Iroquois helicopter to set an ambush in the jungle below during operations in South Vietnam on March 13, 1967. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: U.S. Air Force A U.S. Army soldier directs a Bell UH-1D Huey helicopter approaching to pick up injured after a paradrop in South Vietnam, October 1966. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: New York Daily News A Vietnam veteran enjoys a New Year’s Eve date at the New Yorker hotel in 1966. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: E.J. Filtz/National Archives Wounded Marines on the deck of the Amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli (LPH-10) await transfer to the 22nd Casualty Station in Danang from which they will be sent to the States, July 1967. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: State Library and Archives of Florida Vietnam War protesters near the Miami Beach Convention Center during the 1972 Democratic Convention in July 1972. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society Arriving at a forward area, a U.S. Air Force CH-30 helicopter carrying a 105mm howitzer is directed in for a landing, ca. February 1966. The artillery piece, which was in a rear area and was needed by U.S., Vietnam, and Australian troops, was airlifted to the front in a matter of minutes. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: Department of Defense Members of the 3rd Marine Division complete construction of M101 105 mm howitzer positions at a mountain-top fire support base on June 1, 1968. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: U.S. Army Companies B and C, 1st Bn, 8th Inf, 1st Bde, 4th Inf Div, assemble on top of Hill 742, located five miles northeast of Dak To, prior to moving out. A purple smoke bomb is ignited in the background to guide in a helicopter. This photograph was taken sometime between November 14-17, 1967 during the Battle of Dak To and Operation “MacArthur.” Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related

Photo Credit: National Archives D. R. Howe of Glencoe, MN treats the wounds of Private First Class D. A. Crum of New Brighton, PA, “H” Company, 2nd Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, during Operation Hue City. Share the History Love... Facebook Pinterest Twitter Tumblr Reddit StumbleUpon Digg Linkedin Related