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DimensionsOverall: 8 1/2 x 7 5/8 in. (21.6 x 19.4 cm)
Accession Number 2024.292
Classificationsphotograph
North Vietnamese Troops: North Vietnamese troops in truck pass the front of the Pacific Hotel in Da Nang sometime after its seizure by the North Vietnamese. The building was once the headquarters of the U.S. A.I.D. organization, May 6, 1975
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Image Not Available for U.S. Guns Change Hands: American troops stand at attention as a contingent of South Vietnamese soldiers marches forward to take command of six 105mm howitzers during a turnover ceremony in Da Nang, South Vietnam, November 12, 1969. The guns had been manned by men of battery, 6th battalion, 108th artillery group
U.S. Guns Change Hands: American troops stand at attention as a contingent of South Vietnamese soldiers marches forward to take command of six 105mm howitzers during a turnover ceremony in Da Nang, South Vietnam, November 12, 1969. The guns had been manned by men of battery, 6th battalion, 108th artillery group
1969
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Sleep in Any Language: A combat interpreter with the U.S. Marine unit southwest of Da Nang catches a quick catnap during an all-day sweep through the area. Like many troopers, he has learned to catch his sleep when he can—a quick catnap here and there to keep him going. The operation was conducted against reported North Vietnamese and Viet Cong units but contact was light, November 12, 1968
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Handy Helpers: Members of the 1st Air Cavalry Division pass a child from hand to hand across a rain swollen stream near Xuan Que as they helped South Vietnamese refugees move to a resettlement camp from their village last week. The villagers volunteered to leave the area which had become a battleground between U.S. and North Vietnamese soldiers. The village was destroyed after the villagers left to deny sanctuary to the enemy, January 7, 1968
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Unearth Weapons Cache: U.S. troops pull a sand covered wooden box, in which enemy weapons were hidden, from a grave somewhere in the Batangan Peninsula, 60 miles south of Da Nang in South Vietnam. The soldiers are members of the Americal Division, which is operating in the peninsula, January 24, 1969
1969
Image Not Available for North Vietnamese Captives: A U.S. Marine escorts North Vietnamese regular army captives to evacuation helicopter near Quang Ngai, 335 miles northwest of Saigon in Vietnam, March 7th, 1966. During weekend of March 5th through 6th, Marines and South Vietnamese paratroopers annihilated a 2,000-man communist regiment, killing almost half of them
North Vietnamese Captives: A U.S. Marine escorts North Vietnamese regular army captives to evacuation helicopter near Quang Ngai, 335 miles northwest of Saigon in Vietnam, March 7th, 1966. During weekend of March 5th through 6th, Marines and South Vietnamese paratroopers annihilated a 2,000-man communist regiment, killing almost half of them
1966
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Eighth Army Headquarters: Korea: Performing a feat virtually unparalleled in military history, twelve helicopters airlifted a United States Marine battalion of about 1,000 troops (0ctober 11) to Korea’s east-central front where American tank columns drove deep into Red territory on both sides of “Heartbreak Ridge.” Marines are pictured here alighting from one of the helicopters shortly after landing, October 16, 1951
1951
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Wonsan, Korea: Marine Corps troops assemble on the beach before moving northward in pursuit of North Korean troops. Part of these Marines have been used in mopping up bypassed North Koreans who are making guerrilla attacks near Wonsan, October 31, 1950
1950
Image Not Available for Camouflaged Antiaircraft Gun in Cambodia: A camouflaged truck with an antiaircraft gun mounted in the back is shown on the Cambodian side of the Kompong Trabek River across from the South Vietnamese border. Scene is not far from where Cambodia government claimed U.S. and South Vietnamese forces made an attack last Thursday, January 23, 1968
Camouflaged Antiaircraft Gun in Cambodia: A camouflaged truck with an antiaircraft gun mounted in the back is shown on the Cambodian side of the Kompong Trabek River across from the South Vietnamese border. Scene is not far from where Cambodia government claimed U.S. and South Vietnamese forces made an attack last Thursday, January 23, 1968
1968
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
A line of South Vietnamese marines moves across a shallow branch of the Mekong River during an operation near Neak Luong, Cambodia on August 20th, 1970, major base for such operations in Cambodia’s eastern region. Monsoon rains have swollen streams and rivers in the area and troops often are in and out of the water dozens of times daily
1970
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
A dead Viet Cong lies in a pit as U.S. Marines fire on Communist positions here December 10th, 1965. The Marines entered the battle to rescue a battalion of government troops almost wiped out by the Viet Cong. Thousands of U.S. Marines from the 7th fleet poured ashore and trapped a Viet Cong out of 1,500 men in the largest operation for the Marines in the conflict, Hoi An, South Vietnam
1965
Image Not Available for House Hunting In Vietnam: A woman holds high a sheet of tin roofing from what was her house in the Tay Ninh area, 55 miles northwest of Saigon. Her dwelling was one of more than a hundred which burned down during and after a Viet Cong rocket attack on the provincial capital. Many Tay Ninh residents, fearing a Viet Cong and North Vietnamese onslaught, have fled the town, January 1975
House Hunting In Vietnam: A woman holds high a sheet of tin roofing from what was her house in the Tay Ninh area, 55 miles northwest of Saigon. Her dwelling was one of more than a hundred which burned down during and after a Viet Cong rocket attack on the provincial capital. Many Tay Ninh residents, fearing a Viet Cong and North Vietnamese onslaught, have fled the town, January 1975
1975
Image Not Available for Going Home From School: Schoolchildren who attend an outdoor school at a village near Quang Tri in northern South Vietnam go home from school on a road lined with South Vietnamese government flags. Their former school and the rest of the village’s buildings were destroyed after the villagers fled from fighting during the 1972 North Vietnamese offensive, September 23, 1973
Going Home From School: Schoolchildren who attend an outdoor school at a village near Quang Tri in northern South Vietnam go home from school on a road lined with South Vietnamese government flags. Their former school and the rest of the village’s buildings were destroyed after the villagers fled from fighting during the 1972 North Vietnamese offensive, September 23, 1973
1973