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Dien Bien Phu

Dien Bien Phu. Complete victory of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign 7.5.1954. Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, burns himself to death on a Saigon street to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by the S.V. gov., June 11, 1963.

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Dien Bien Phu

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  1. Dien Bien Phu

  2. Complete victory of the Dien Bien Phu Campaign 7.5.1954

  3. Quang Duc, a Buddhist monk, burns himself to death on a Saigon street to protest alleged persecution of Buddhists by the S.V. gov., June 11, 1963.

  4. President Lyndon B. Johnson greets American troops in Vietnam, 1966., Photo Credit: Still Picture Records LICON, Special Media Archives Services Division (NWCS-S), National Archives.

  5. Crew Chief James Farley, with his guns jammed and two wounded comrades aboard, shouts to his gunner. (LIFE) This photo was the LIFE Magazine cover on April 16, 1965.

  6. Men of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, move along rice paddy dikes in pursuit of the Viet Cong., 12/10/1965.  Department of Defense. U.S. Marine Corps. NARA Photo.

  7. NARA PHOTO -- 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. 

  8. Soldiers of the U.S. First Air Cavalry Division point their weapons at villagers whom they flushed from the brush along the riverbank.

  9. Hueys at an LZ

  10. Members of U.S. Navy SEAL Team One move down Bassac River in a SEAL Team assault boat, November 19, 1967.

  11. VC captives being marched through the rice field.

  12. 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. Natl. Archive Photo.

  13. 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. NARA PHOTO

  14. US Army Photo: Tunnel Rat Americal Division South of Chu Lai.

  15. USS Oklahoma City - Gulf of Tonkin

  16. 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., Natl. Archive Photo.

  17. In the Rice Paddy

  18. The Tet Offensive A Turning Point

  19. US Army Photo: Navy assault Boats pick up 9th Division troops (TET '68)

  20. Wearing a bloody bandage over the left side of his face, medic Thomas Cole of Richmond, Va., tends to a soldier of the First Cavalry Division. This picture is from an unforgettable sequence of one man's dedication.

  21. As Yankee Papa 13 approaches the landing zone, Crew Chief James Farley opens fire with his M-60 machine gun.

  22. Khe Sanh under fire.

  23. S. Viet. National Police Chief Brig Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a VC officer w/ a single shot in the head in Saigon on Feb. 1, 1968. Carrying a pistol and wearing civilian clothes, the VC guerrilla was captured near Quang Pagoda, identified as an officer, and taken to the police chief.

  24. An ammunition dump struck by a shell explodes in front of U.S. Marines.  This picture was on the cover of Newsweek on March 18, 1968.

  25. First-aid center, where wounded Marines were treated before being helped to air-evacuation points. (Life)

  26. In a supply shack, the tragic and frustrating mission over, Crew Chief James Farley weeps. (LIFE)

  27. My Lai Massacre:  On March 16, 1968 the angry and frustrated men of Charlie Company, 11th Brigade, Americal Division entered the village of My Lai. "This is what you've been waiting for -- search and destroy -- and you've got it," said their superior officers. A short time later the killing began.

  28. Amtracs coming into the LPD during training exercises involving the 1st Amphibious Tractor Battalion., 04/19/1968.

  29. Marines riding atop an M-48 tank, covering their ears, April 3, 1968. Natl. Archive Photo

  30. Nixon and Vietnam The Slow US Withdrawal from SE Asia

  31. Henry Kissinger Asst. to the Pres. For National Security (1969- 1975) Secretary of State (1973- 1975)

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