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Vital Link: Military traffic is halted, top, in August 1968 as U.S. Army engineers finish repairing a pontoon bridge damaged by a Viet Cong underwater mine. Linking Saigon with the Mekong Delta, the bridge over the Oriental River replaced the permanent bridge, blown up by the enemy
Vital Link: Military traffic is halted, top, in August 1968 as U.S. Army engineers finish repairing a pontoon bridge damaged by a Viet Cong underwater mine. Linking Saigon with the Mekong Delta, the bridge over the Oriental River replaced the permanent bridge, blown up by the enemy
Vital Link: Military traffic is halted, top, in August 1968 as U.S. Army engineers finish repairing a pontoon bridge damaged by a Viet Cong underwater mine. Linking Saigon with the Mekong Delta, the bridge over the Oriental River replaced the permanent bridge, blown up by the enemy

Vital Link: Military traffic is halted, top, in August 1968 as U.S. Army engineers finish repairing a pontoon bridge damaged by a Viet Cong underwater mine. Linking Saigon with the Mekong Delta, the bridge over the Oriental River replaced the permanent bridge, blown up by the enemy

Maker (German, 1933 - 2012)
Date8/1/1968
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto with applied pigment
Dimensions8(?) x 6(?) inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
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Object number2024.291
Status
Not on view
A South Vietnamese soldier walks down the main street of Tonle Bet, Cambodia, June 1st, 1970, shortly after the area was heavily damaged during fighting between Cambodian troops and Viet Cong/North Vietnamese forces
A South Vietnamese soldier walks down the main street of Tonle Bet, Cambodia, June 1st, 1970, shortly after the area was heavily damaged during fighting between Cambodian troops and Viet Cong/North Vietnamese forces
Henri Huet
6/1/1970
Tunnel Rat: Sergeant Ronald Payne, 21, of Atlanta, Georgia, emerges from Viet Cong tunnel holding his silencer-equipped revolver with which he fired at guerrillas scurrying ahead of him underground. Payne and others of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade propped the massive tunnel in Hobo Woods, South Vietnam, and found detailed maps and plans of the enemy. The infantrymen who explored the complex are known as "tunnel rats." They were called out of the tunnels today and nauseating gas was pumped in, January 21, 1967
Tunnel Rat: Sergeant Ronald Payne, 21, of Atlanta, Georgia, emerges from Viet Cong tunnel holding his silencer-equipped revolver with which he fired at guerrillas scurrying ahead of him underground. Payne and others of the 196th Light Infantry Brigade propped the massive tunnel in Hobo Woods, South Vietnam, and found detailed maps and plans of the enemy. The infantrymen who explored the complex are known as "tunnel rats." They were called out of the tunnels today and nauseating gas was pumped in, January 21, 1967
Unknown Artist
1/21/1967
Thatched Hut of the Viet Cong Type in Cambodia: Cambodian military officials and a newsman inspect a thatched hut in Cambodia just a short distance from the South Vietnamese border. The hut was one of the structures discovered in what was believed to be a Vietcong campsite in Cambodia, November 18, 1967
Thatched Hut of the Viet Cong Type in Cambodia: Cambodian military officials and a newsman inspect a thatched hut in Cambodia just a short distance from the South Vietnamese border. The hut was one of the structures discovered in what was believed to be a Vietcong campsite in Cambodia, November 18, 1967
Horst Faas
11/18/1967
Members of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade wade through a marshy canal on the edge of a pineapple plantation 18 miles west of Saigon while sweeping Viet Cong infiltration routes to the capital. Sheets of Communist ground fire shot down four U.S. helicopters, two of them on missions to evacuate wounded GIs from the battlefield, military spokesmen said, March 26, 1969
Members of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade wade through a marshy canal on the edge of a pineapple plantation 18 miles west of Saigon while sweeping Viet Cong infiltration routes to the capital. Sheets of Communist ground fire shot down four U.S. helicopters, two of them on missions to evacuate wounded GIs from the battlefield, military spokesmen said, March 26, 1969
Nik Wheeler
3/26/1969
Departure from Camp Mojave, Arizona, September 15, 1871: No. 153. 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, Commanding.
Departure from Camp Mojave, Arizona, September 15, 1871: No. 153. 1st Lieut. Geo. M. Wheeler, Corps of Engineers, Commanding.
Timothy H. O'Sullivan
1871
Medieval Mood: many of the temples and buildings in the Kingdom of Nepal date back to the Middle Ages. Here in the old city of Bhadgaon, ten miles from the capital, Katmandu, the people as well as the architecture reflect the medieval atmosphere. At the foot of the bridge leading into the city, a woman thrashes corn in the most ancient way, September 4, 1968
Medieval Mood: many of the temples and buildings in the Kingdom of Nepal date back to the Middle Ages. Here in the old city of Bhadgaon, ten miles from the capital, Katmandu, the people as well as the architecture reflect the medieval atmosphere. At the foot of the bridge leading into the city, a woman thrashes corn in the most ancient way, September 4, 1968
Horst Faas
9/4/1968
Military Bridge across the Chickahominy, VA
Military Bridge across the Chickahominy, VA
D. B. Woodbury
June 1862
Flushed From The Swamp: South Vietnamese soldiers bind a Vietcong guerrilla preparatory to questioning after he was flushed from a Mekong River Delta swamp 120 miles southwest of Saigon on August 17, 1966. Troops of the 9th division, borne by U.S. Helicopters, were on a search and destroy operation when they located some guerrillas who were trying to hide their weapons in the swamp
Flushed From The Swamp: South Vietnamese soldiers bind a Vietcong guerrilla preparatory to questioning after he was flushed from a Mekong River Delta swamp 120 miles southwest of Saigon on August 17, 1966. Troops of the 9th division, borne by U.S. Helicopters, were on a search and destroy operation when they located some guerrillas who were trying to hide their weapons in the swamp
Dang Van Phuoc
8/17/1966
Declares Candidacy: This is the Coconut Monk, who has declared his candidacy for president in this fall’s Vietnam elections. He heads a peace commune of several thousand followers on Phuong Hoang Island in the Mekong Delta, April 1971
Declares Candidacy: This is the Coconut Monk, who has declared his candidacy for president in this fall’s Vietnam elections. He heads a peace commune of several thousand followers on Phuong Hoang Island in the Mekong Delta, April 1971
Unknown Artist
4/1/1971
As Red China pictures Viet Cong: Red China’s New China news agency, which radioed this picture to Tokyo for release there, describes it as liberation militiamen, Viet Cong, discussing attack plans before staging an operation at an unspecified place in South Viet Nam, November 1965
As Red China pictures Viet Cong: Red China’s New China news agency, which radioed this picture to Tokyo for release there, describes it as liberation militiamen, Viet Cong, discussing attack plans before staging an operation at an unspecified place in South Viet Nam, November 1965
Unknown Artist
11/1/1965
Determined Trooper: A Cambodian soldier grimaces as he prepares to fire a rocket into a suspected Viet Cong position in the Cambodian town of Saang recently. Thousands of South Vietnamese troops, with American advisor and air and artillery support, pushed into Cambodia Wednesday against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The offensive marked a drastic change in White House policy, since up to now, the White House had barred American advisors and planes from crossing the border of offensive missions, April 1970
Determined Trooper: A Cambodian soldier grimaces as he prepares to fire a rocket into a suspected Viet Cong position in the Cambodian town of Saang recently. Thousands of South Vietnamese troops, with American advisor and air and artillery support, pushed into Cambodia Wednesday against North Vietnamese and Viet Cong troops. The offensive marked a drastic change in White House policy, since up to now, the White House had barred American advisors and planes from crossing the border of offensive missions, April 1970
Mark Godfrey
4/1/1970
Helicopter Drags Minesweeper: A U.S. Marine Sea Stallion helicopter drags a magnetic minesweeping device through the approach to Port Said harbor in Egypt, April 24, 1974. The device is equipped to determine various types of acoustic magnetic mines. British and American experts, using sonar, will jointly make a shadow map of the canal, spotting underwater obstacles. Afterwards, Egyptian divers will identify, remove or detonate the obstacle. The sweep preceded the U.S. helicopter carrier USS Iwo Jima, which is anchored in Port said harbor to begin the clearing operation
Helicopter Drags Minesweeper: A U.S. Marine Sea Stallion helicopter drags a magnetic minesweeping device through the approach to Port Said harbor in Egypt, April 24, 1974. The device is equipped to determine various types of acoustic magnetic mines. British and American experts, using sonar, will jointly make a shadow map of the canal, spotting underwater obstacles. Afterwards, Egyptian divers will identify, remove or detonate the obstacle. The sweep preceded the U.S. helicopter carrier USS Iwo Jima, which is anchored in Port said harbor to begin the clearing operation
Horst Faas
4/24/1974