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Lineup For Long Ride: passing Vietnamese views American troops resting in shade of mothballed Marine helicopters at dock area of Da Nang. Craft belong to Marine Air Group-16, first deployed in Vietnam in 1962, this is moving to Hawaii and California, May 29, 1971
Lineup For Long Ride: passing Vietnamese views American troops resting in shade of mothballed Marine helicopters at dock area of Da Nang. Craft belong to Marine Air Group-16, first deployed in Vietnam in 1962, this is moving to Hawaii and California, May 29, 1971
Lineup For Long Ride: passing Vietnamese views American troops resting in shade of mothballed Marine helicopters at dock area of Da Nang. Craft belong to Marine Air Group-16, first deployed in Vietnam in 1962, this is moving to Hawaii and California, May 29, 1971

Lineup For Long Ride: passing Vietnamese views American troops resting in shade of mothballed Marine helicopters at dock area of Da Nang. Craft belong to Marine Air Group-16, first deployed in Vietnam in 1962, this is moving to Hawaii and California, May 29, 1971

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Date5/29/1971
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
Dimensions6-1/8 x 8-7/8 inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
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Object number2024.312
Status
Not on view
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
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
Leatherneck Hits the Surf: a member of the U.S. Marine 9th expedition force makes a wet landing as he struggles ashore at Da Nang Bay in South Vietnam. The Marines landed by sea and air to beef up defenses at the vital Da Nang air base, March 8, 1965
Leatherneck Hits the Surf: a member of the U.S. Marine 9th expedition force makes a wet landing as he struggles ashore at Da Nang Bay in South Vietnam. The Marines landed by sea and air to beef up defenses at the vital Da Nang air base, March 8, 1965
Unknown Artist
3/8/1965
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
Phnom Penh Wreckage: Workers search through the wreckage of Cambodian air force helicopters and planes in the wake of an early morning raid by Vietcong on the Phnom Penh airport in Cambodia, January 22, 1971
Phnom Penh Wreckage: Workers search through the wreckage of Cambodian air force helicopters and planes in the wake of an early morning raid by Vietcong on the Phnom Penh airport in Cambodia, January 22, 1971
Nick Ut
1/22/1971
Bound For The Laos Front: Laotian government troops and their artillery weapons speed over a dusty road on the way north toward the royal capital of Luang Prabang. They were part of a mass movement toward the front lines to face Communist-backed rebel troops threatening the area in the current civil war, January 1961
Bound For The Laos Front: Laotian government troops and their artillery weapons speed over a dusty road on the way north toward the royal capital of Luang Prabang. They were part of a mass movement toward the front lines to face Communist-backed rebel troops threatening the area in the current civil war, January 1961
Fred Waters
1/1/1961
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
One Man, A Thousand Times: none fat. None skinny. Marine recruits stand tall on graduation day, Parris Island, South Carolina, October 20, 1971
One Man, A Thousand Times: none fat. None skinny. Marine recruits stand tall on graduation day, Parris Island, South Carolina, October 20, 1971
Eddie Adams
10/20/1971
At The Ready: An Illinois national guardsman checked a machine gun mounted on the back of a jeep as flames shot up in the background on Chicago's west side Friday night. The area was the scene of fires, looting and shooting with at least eight deaths contributed to the incident. Three thousand troops patrolled the area, April 6, 1968
At The Ready: An Illinois national guardsman checked a machine gun mounted on the back of a jeep as flames shot up in the background on Chicago's west side Friday night. The area was the scene of fires, looting and shooting with at least eight deaths contributed to the incident. Three thousand troops patrolled the area, April 6, 1968
Unknown Artist
4/6/1968
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
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
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