Photo Gallery of the Vietnam War

Photographs are from the National Archives and Records Administration.

Vietnam. Marine Corps flame thrower tank in action. 01/1966
   
Da Nang, Vietnam. Sergeant Robert E. Fears clears an area using his flamethrower. 05/22/1970
   
A machine gunner and a rifleman from the 5th Marine Regiment fire at the enemy near the Demilitarized Zone in Vietnam. 05/23/1967
   
A U.S. Air Force HH-3 helicopter crewman fires a mini-gun during rescue patrol over South Vietnam., 10/17/1968
   
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.
   
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
   
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 north-northeast 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
   
Napalm bombs explode on Viet Cong structures south of Saigon in the Republic of Vietnam. 1965
   
My Tho, Vietnam. A Viet Cong base camp being destroyed. 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
   
Bombing of Viet Cong structures along a canal in South Vietnam. 1965
   
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
   
Vietnam. Marines of E Company, 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines, riding on an M-48 tank. 1966
   
A Marine with the 3nd Battalion, 7th Regiment sits patiently with his gas mask on as he waits to enter a VC tunnel 22 miles south of DaNang, Vietnam., 1968
   
President Lyndon B. Johnson in Vietnam: With General William Westmoreland decorating a soldier, 10/26/1966
   

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