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The biggest operation of the Vietnam War, Operation Attleboro, ended in War Zone C. The 43-day operation was fought in the jungle and brush country of Tay Ninh Province, 45 to 65 miles northwest of Saigon, South Vietnam. Troops of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 25th Division, slogged through the mud near the Cambodian border, November 25, 1966
The biggest operation of the Vietnam War, Operation Attleboro, ended in War Zone C. The 43-day operation was fought in the jungle and brush country of Tay Ninh Province, 45 to 65 miles northwest of Saigon, South Vietnam. Troops of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 25th Division, slogged through the mud near the Cambodian border, November 25, 1966
The biggest operation of the Vietnam War, Operation Attleboro, ended in War Zone C. The 43-day operation was fought in the jungle and brush country of Tay Ninh Province, 45 to 65 miles northwest of Saigon, South Vietnam. Troops of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 25th Division, slogged through the mud near the Cambodian border, November 25, 1966

The biggest operation of the Vietnam War, Operation Attleboro, ended in War Zone C. The 43-day operation was fought in the jungle and brush country of Tay Ninh Province, 45 to 65 miles northwest of Saigon, South Vietnam. Troops of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry, 25th Division, slogged through the mud near the Cambodian border, November 25, 1966

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Date11/25/1966
MediumVintage newswire
Dimensions7(?) x 8(?) inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
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Object number2024.315
Status
Not on view
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
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 little girl, known only as Thanh, sits on her hospital cot in a ward of a hospital at Quang Tri, South Vietnam. A Viet Cong mortar, fired into her house on the outskirts of the city, killed her parents and wounded her two sisters. She lost part of her forearm, but walked unaided to the hospital for treatment
A little girl, known only as Thanh, sits on her hospital cot in a ward of a hospital at Quang Tri, South Vietnam. A Viet Cong mortar, fired into her house on the outskirts of the city, killed her parents and wounded her two sisters. She lost part of her forearm, but walked unaided to the hospital for treatment
Unknown Artist
1967
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
Time Off: their hammocks lung in a pagoda here, these Vietnamese soldiers relax, August 3rd, during their search and destroy mission around this town. The Vietnamese met only minor resistance during their operation, August 10, 1970
Time Off: their hammocks lung in a pagoda here, these Vietnamese soldiers relax, August 3rd, during their search and destroy mission around this town. The Vietnamese met only minor resistance during their operation, August 10, 1970
Dieter Ludwig
8/10/1970
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
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
Villagers from a hamlet near Nathrang, central Vietnam, swam for their lives toward a rescue boat as new floods hit the area. Some of the villagers towed their belongings. The new floods caused some 500 deaths and left thousands homeless in Ninh Thuan and Phu Yen, December 1964
Villagers from a hamlet near Nathrang, central Vietnam, swam for their lives toward a rescue boat as new floods hit the area. Some of the villagers towed their belongings. The new floods caused some 500 deaths and left thousands homeless in Ninh Thuan and Phu Yen, December 1964
Unknown Artist
12/1/1964
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
Communist Missile Site Near Hanoi: U.S. Air Force released this picture in Saigon today taken by a reconnaissance pilot 25 miles northwest of Hanoi. The Air Force says it shows a communist missile site, 700 feet by 450 feet in the area, containing six launching pads with five SAM (surface-to-air) missiles visible. The U.S. Command in Saigon disclosed that 30 American planes have been downed by Soviet-built SAM missiles over North Vietnam in the last year and a half, Hanoi, January 2, 1967
Communist Missile Site Near Hanoi: U.S. Air Force released this picture in Saigon today taken by a reconnaissance pilot 25 miles northwest of Hanoi. The Air Force says it shows a communist missile site, 700 feet by 450 feet in the area, containing six launching pads with five SAM (surface-to-air) missiles visible. The U.S. Command in Saigon disclosed that 30 American planes have been downed by Soviet-built SAM missiles over North Vietnam in the last year and a half, Hanoi, January 2, 1967
Unknown Artist
1/2/1967
After Release: Luong Truyen, 16, left, and Nguyen Van Truong, 20, a former militiaman, sit on cot in Duc Pho, Vietnam, yesterday after telling their story of being beaten and starved by their Viet Cong captors. They were among people freed from jungle prison camp about 300 miles north of Saigon by U.S. paratroopers Thursday. The freed men and women told inmates being beaten to death in public executions to frighten other prisoners into submission, July 1967
After Release: Luong Truyen, 16, left, and Nguyen Van Truong, 20, a former militiaman, sit on cot in Duc Pho, Vietnam, yesterday after telling their story of being beaten and starved by their Viet Cong captors. They were among people freed from jungle prison camp about 300 miles north of Saigon by U.S. paratroopers Thursday. The freed men and women told inmates being beaten to death in public executions to frighten other prisoners into submission, July 1967
Unknown Artist
7/1/1967
Image Not Available for Artists and Writers Protest Against the War in Vietnam
Artists and Writers Protest Against the War in Vietnam
Various Artists
1967