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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
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

Maker (American, b. 1946)
Date11/20/1972
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
Dimensions6-3/8 x 8(?) inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
Collections
Object number2024.307
Status
Not on view
Keeping Saigon Secure: two soldiers from the First Air Cavalry Division move toward a helicopter which airlifted them from a two-week patrol northeast of Saigon. They are members of one of the few remaining U.S. combat units operating in South Vietnam and are charged with security of the area east of Saigon-Bien Hoa region, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, February 1972
Keeping Saigon Secure: two soldiers from the First Air Cavalry Division move toward a helicopter which airlifted them from a two-week patrol northeast of Saigon. They are members of one of the few remaining U.S. combat units operating in South Vietnam and are charged with security of the area east of Saigon-Bien Hoa region, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, February 1972
Unknown Artist
2/1/1972
To The Victor: Associated Press Photographer Nick Ut gets a kiss of congratulations from newswoman Edie Lederer in Saigon, May 8, 1973, after it was announced that Ut had won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography. The 22-year-old Vietnamese photographer won the prize for his picture of a young Vietnamese girl fleeing a napalm attack
To The Victor: Associated Press Photographer Nick Ut gets a kiss of congratulations from newswoman Edie Lederer in Saigon, May 8, 1973, after it was announced that Ut had won the 1973 Pulitzer Prize for spot news photography. The 22-year-old Vietnamese photographer won the prize for his picture of a young Vietnamese girl fleeing a napalm attack
Neal Ulevich
5/8/1973
Allowed To Leave: a Laotian immigration officer stamps the passport of Michael Rogal, the finance officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development, right, as he prepares to leave Vientiane, Friday. Rogal, who was barred from leaving Laos Thursday, was allowed to depart Friday after showing immigration officials a letter stating that his work had been completed, June 20, 1975
Allowed To Leave: a Laotian immigration officer stamps the passport of Michael Rogal, the finance officer for the U.S. Agency for International Development, right, as he prepares to leave Vientiane, Friday. Rogal, who was barred from leaving Laos Thursday, was allowed to depart Friday after showing immigration officials a letter stating that his work had been completed, June 20, 1975
Neal Ulevich
6/20/1975
Way of Death: South Korean soldiers examine wreckage of a U.S. Army helicopter which crashed near their patrol base Thursday, April 27, in the An Khe Pass on April 28, 1972, killing two American pilots and two Korean observers, still inside the chopper. Two other American crewmen were injured
Way of Death: South Korean soldiers examine wreckage of a U.S. Army helicopter which crashed near their patrol base Thursday, April 27, in the An Khe Pass on April 28, 1972, killing two American pilots and two Korean observers, still inside the chopper. Two other American crewmen were injured
Horst Faas
4/28/1972
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
Playing The War Game: these are some of the young Pathet Lao soldiers who recently rallied to the Vientiane government in Khammuonne Province, Nong Leng, Laos, during a revolt against their Vietnamese advisers and troops. They had lived under North Vietnamese control since 1960, October 31, 1972
Playing The War Game: these are some of the young Pathet Lao soldiers who recently rallied to the Vientiane government in Khammuonne Province, Nong Leng, Laos, during a revolt against their Vietnamese advisers and troops. They had lived under North Vietnamese control since 1960, October 31, 1972
Unknown Artist
10/31/1972
Kotouc To Court: Captain Eugene M. Kotouc, left, arrives at court with his military attorney, Captain James Lane. Kotouc, 37, of Humboldt, Nebraska went on trial in a general court-martial at Fort McPherson, Georgia April 26th, 1971 charged with maiming and assaulting a prisoner after a U.S. Army raid on My Lai Vietnam, in 1968. He faces a maximum sentence of 10-years imprisonment if convicted
Kotouc To Court: Captain Eugene M. Kotouc, left, arrives at court with his military attorney, Captain James Lane. Kotouc, 37, of Humboldt, Nebraska went on trial in a general court-martial at Fort McPherson, Georgia April 26th, 1971 charged with maiming and assaulting a prisoner after a U.S. Army raid on My Lai Vietnam, in 1968. He faces a maximum sentence of 10-years imprisonment if convicted
Joe Holloway Jr.
4/26/1971
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
Rick Merron
8/28/1970
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
House Destroyed by Aerial Bombs (Durch Fliegerbomben zerstörtes Haus)
House Destroyed by Aerial Bombs (Durch Fliegerbomben zerstörtes Haus)
Otto Dix
1924
This is how the nose cone of a bomb looks as it falls towards a target in Vietnam.
This is how the nose cone of a bomb looks as it falls towards a target in Vietnam.
Unknown Artist
3/1/1968
Les Charrettes de Roulage--Souvenir du Morvan (Wagon Carts--Memory of the Morvan region)
Les Charrettes de Roulage--Souvenir du Morvan (Wagon Carts--Memory of the Morvan region)
Charles-François Daubigny
1850