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Farewell Appearance: Under the watchful gaze of South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, left, Vice President Spiro Agnew shakes hands with Air Force Captain Palmer G. Arnold of Roswell, New Mexico, Agnew handed out medals to U.S. and South Vietnamese servicemen Friday before departing Saigon for an unscheduled stopover in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Captain Arnold received the silver star, August 28, 1970
Farewell Appearance: Under the watchful gaze of South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, left, Vice President Spiro Agnew shakes hands with Air Force Captain Palmer G. Arnold of Roswell, New Mexico, Agnew handed out medals to U.S. and South Vietnamese servicemen Friday before departing Saigon for an unscheduled stopover in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Captain Arnold received the silver star, August 28, 1970
Farewell Appearance: Under the watchful gaze of South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, left, Vice President Spiro Agnew shakes hands with Air Force Captain Palmer G. Arnold of Roswell, New Mexico, Agnew handed out medals to U.S. and South Vietnamese servicemen Friday before departing Saigon for an unscheduled stopover in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Captain Arnold received the silver star, August 28, 1970

Farewell Appearance: Under the watchful gaze of South Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky, left, Vice President Spiro Agnew shakes hands with Air Force Captain Palmer G. Arnold of Roswell, New Mexico, Agnew handed out medals to U.S. and South Vietnamese servicemen Friday before departing Saigon for an unscheduled stopover in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. Captain Arnold received the silver star, August 28, 1970

Maker
Date8/28/1970
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
Dimensions7 x 8(?) inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
Collections
Object number2024.302
Status
Not on view
Checking Captured Gun: South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, right, and Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem, left of gun, look over a captured 51-caliber anti-aircraft gun at Firebase Nguyen Hue, South Vietnam. The gun was captured by South Vietnamese troops operating in Laos. The firebase is located west of Khe Sanh near the Laotian border, February 1971
Checking Captured Gun: South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, right, and Prime Minister Tran Thien Khiem, left of gun, look over a captured 51-caliber anti-aircraft gun at Firebase Nguyen Hue, South Vietnam. The gun was captured by South Vietnamese troops operating in Laos. The firebase is located west of Khe Sanh near the Laotian border, February 1971
Nick Ut
2/1/1971
Flag draped coffins of eight American Servicemen killed in attacks on U.S. Military Installations in South Viet Nam, on February 7, are placed in transport plane at Saigon, February 9, 1965 for return flight to the United States. Funeral services were held at the Saigon Airport with U.S. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor and Vietnamese officials attending
Flag draped coffins of eight American Servicemen killed in attacks on U.S. Military Installations in South Viet Nam, on February 7, are placed in transport plane at Saigon, February 9, 1965 for return flight to the United States. Funeral services were held at the Saigon Airport with U.S. Ambassador Maxwell D. Taylor and Vietnamese officials attending
Unknown Artist
2/9/1965
COBRA Pilot: Captain Robert Shadoan surveys bomb cratered landscape near Bien Hoa, over a region infiltrated by North Vietnamese recently. Shadoan was flying his sleek Cobra helicopter gunship on a test flight. The gunship’s rocket pods are shown at right, Vietnam, November 20, 1972
COBRA Pilot: Captain Robert Shadoan surveys bomb cratered landscape near Bien Hoa, over a region infiltrated by North Vietnamese recently. Shadoan was flying his sleek Cobra helicopter gunship on a test flight. The gunship’s rocket pods are shown at right, Vietnam, November 20, 1972
Neal Ulevich
11/20/1972
A South Vietnamese woman holds two small children in a refugee camp in Da Nang, South Vietnam. They are from the Northern areas of South Vietnam, forced out by the North Vietnamese Invasion, May 17, 1972
A South Vietnamese woman holds two small children in a refugee camp in Da Nang, South Vietnam. They are from the Northern areas of South Vietnam, forced out by the North Vietnamese Invasion, May 17, 1972
Unknown Artist
5/17/1972
Says His Brother Is The Boss: Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem, is pictured today during news interview in Saigon. Nhu said he has no political ambitions and that his brother is boss of his country. Nhu and the president both expressed hope for a quick return to normalcy from South Vietnam’s political-religious crisis. Both forecast an improvement in strained relations with the U.S., September 5, 1963
Says His Brother Is The Boss: Ngo Dinh Nhu, brother of Vietnam President Ngo Dinh Diem, is pictured today during news interview in Saigon. Nhu said he has no political ambitions and that his brother is boss of his country. Nhu and the president both expressed hope for a quick return to normalcy from South Vietnam’s political-religious crisis. Both forecast an improvement in strained relations with the U.S., September 5, 1963
Horst Faas
9/5/1963
Refugees Flee From North Vietnamese: Scores of refugees pour out of the Tri Tam district town of Khiem Hanh on Thursday, March 13th, 1975, southward to South Vietnamese government lines. The town, 40 miles, northwest of Saigon, was overrun by North Vietnamese on Wednesday
Refugees Flee From North Vietnamese: Scores of refugees pour out of the Tri Tam district town of Khiem Hanh on Thursday, March 13th, 1975, southward to South Vietnamese government lines. The town, 40 miles, northwest of Saigon, was overrun by North Vietnamese on Wednesday
Dang Van Phuoc
3/13/1975
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
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
The picture of resignation: A Vietnamese girl sifts through the rubble of her destroyed home in the town of Duc Duc in the northern part of South Vietnam. The town has been reduced to a pile of rubble in recent weeks by off-and-on attacks by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese. Most of the inhabitants have fled but a few remain to try to salvage what they can, August 1974
The picture of resignation: A Vietnamese girl sifts through the rubble of her destroyed home in the town of Duc Duc in the northern part of South Vietnam. The town has been reduced to a pile of rubble in recent weeks by off-and-on attacks by Viet Cong and North Vietnamese. Most of the inhabitants have fled but a few remain to try to salvage what they can, August 1974
Unknown Artist
8/1/1974
A line of South Vietnamese armored personnel carriers move troops down a highway during a search operation in the Takeo area, 45 miles South of Phnom Penh on November 16, 1970
A line of South Vietnamese armored personnel carriers move troops down a highway during a search operation in the Takeo area, 45 miles South of Phnom Penh on November 16, 1970
Ghislain Bellorget
11/16/1970
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
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