A low flying Afghan gunship in a snow caped valley along Salang highway provides cover for a Soviet convoy sending food and fuel to Kabul, Afghanistan, on January 30 1989. The convoy was atracked by Mujahideen guerillas with rockets further up the highway, with Afghan government troops returning fire with artillery

MACV advisor Major Bruce Carswell stands in front of a U.S. Army U-1 Otter aircraft. He wears early DMS Jungle Boots and a white T-Shirt beneath his Utility Shirt.

Photo taken: March 1965

Soldiers from Co. 'D', 5th Bn., 46th Inf., 198th Inf. Bde. (Americal), move out from Landing Zone 'Bluff' at the start of a short range recon patrol.

Photo taken: December 1968

@Clemens do you remember that picture of a US solider killing a vietcong?

Why is it called HIStory and not HERtory!1?!?1!1?!??1! Omg omg this is so offensive to women!!1!!11!1!1!1!

Two soldiers of the 9th ARVN Division near An Khe on QL 19 (Route 19) which ran from Qui Nhon to Pleiku.

They are carrying M2 carbines a couple of hand grenades and little else. The Vietnamese were used to minimal gear while the Americans often carried 50 and 60 pound packs when out in the field.

Photo taken: Spring 1967

MACV advisors Croft, Houser, O'Neil, Barton and Fisher enjoy a break with ARVN officer Phoi, whilst at An Phu in the northern reaches of Mekong Delta.

Photo Taken: March 1965

A squad of the 173rd Airborne on a search and destroy mission in Binh Duong province north of Saigon. All wear the first pattern tropical combat uniform with full color insignia.

Photo taken: September 1965

A rifle squad of the 1st Battalion, 2nd Infantry, 1st Infantry Division stop to examine a PRT-4 radio transmitter and PRR-9 receiver. All wear the black scarf, unique to the First of the Second.

Photo taken: August 1967

Corporal Daniel Richendollar stands next to his XM3 24-tube 2.75 inch rocket launcher.

Photo taken: circa December 1967

A Self Defense Corps irregular demonstrates the fire direction arrow at outpost Ly Van Manh.

Pointed in the direction of attacking forces, the arrow enabled pilots to quickly ascertain the direction of the enemy assault. In the event of a night attack, flaming cans were used to illuminate the arrow.

Photo taken: 14 January 1963

Weapons captured by USMC and ARVN troops during Operation Colorado are inspected by (right to left) Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky, Lt. General Cao Van Vien, Maj. General Lewis J. Fields and Lt. General Ugi Yen Van Thieu.

Photo taken: August 1966

A duck-hunter (Beo-Gam) clad pilot looks out from his helicopter after touching down.

Photo taken: January 1964

Paratroopers of the 4th Battalion, 173rd Airborne prepare defensive positions against a possible NVA counter-attack on Hill 875 near Dak To (Central Highlands).

The 173rd Airborne captured the hill on Thanksgiving Day 1697.

Photo taken : November 1967

Three soldiers of the 173rd Airborne take a rest from their assault on Hill 875, near Dak To (Central Highlands).

The 173rd Airborne captured the hill on Thanksgiving Day 1967.

Photo taken : November 1967

A member of the 101st Airborne questions a Viet Cong suspect during operation Van Buren. The soldier has turned his Tropical Combat Jacket inside out to hide its full color insignia.

Though the Tropical Combat Uniform Board recommended the introduction of subdued insignia (black on olive drab) in November 1965, many US personnel were still wearing color insignia in late 1966.

Photo taken: February 1966

Senior officers arrive with Robert E. Cushman, Commandant of the Marine Corps, for a briefing in Hue on RVN Marine Corps operations.

Left to right:
General Robert E. Cushman,
Colonel Joshua W. Dorsey III, Senior Marine (USMC) advisor in Military Region 1, RVN
Brigadier General Bui The Lann, Commandant, RVN Marine Corps
Lieutenant Colonel Dwayne Gray, Officer In Charge, Sub-Unit #1, ANGLICO, RVN
Brigadier General Edward J. Miller, Commanding General, 9th Marine Amphibious Brigade

Photo taken: June 1972

Members of the 1st Platoon, Co ‘C’, 4th Bn., 47th Inf., 9th Inf., Div., pause for a radio check during a patrol.

The soldier in the foreground carries an M79 Grenade Launcher.

Photo taken: October 1968

I got a book or ww2 soldiers making a snow women

ARVN infantrymen display propaganda leaflets and a flag captured by them during a drive against Viet Cong guerrillas.

Photo taken: June 1962

The music in the background is a bit annoying, but Tony Robinson is a damn good host
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A Radio Telephone Operator (RTO)of the 101st Airborne on patrol near Mai Loc, twelve miles from the DMZ.

A Light Observation Helicopter (Loach) of the 17th Cavalry flies overhead.

Photo taken: October 1969.

A tiger stripe clad reconnaissance team member of the 101st Airborne prepares to blow a bunker as part of Operation Van Buren.

Photo taken: February 1966

A U.S Air Firce Douglas Skyraider drops a white phosphourus bomb on Viet Cong positions in South Vietnam in 1966

Task force 77 (1965)

A Viet Cong prisoner captured in 1967 by the U.S Army awaits interrogation

A photo from the U.S Information Agency allegedly shows a 23 year old Le dan Van who defected from the Communists to the South but was captured by the Viet Cong and spent a year in a Viet Vong internment camp

Members of Company B, 2nd Battalion, 173rd Airborne prepare for the first major ground combat operation of the Vietnam war

Together with Australian and ARVN troops, the 173rd undertake a search and destroy mission in War Zone "D", north west of Saigon (III Corps).

The solider on the right has woven strips of camouflage parachute silk into net to break up the outline of his helmet.

Photo taken: June 1965

A member of the 101st Airborne on Operation Van Buren sets fire to a village hut containing Viet Cong rice stocks.

Photo taken: January 1966

A rifle squad of the 173rd Airborne on a search and destroy mission in Phuoc Tuy province (III Corps), late in 1966.

The two soldiers behind the lead man carry mortar base-plates.

Captain David Helela, MAAG Advisor, with members of the Vietnamese 21st Division aboard a CH-21 helicopter travelling to a combat drop zone.

Photo taken: February 1963

MAAG Advisors Lt. Colonel John Brooks and Major Chester Peterson discuss Strategic Hamlet construction with province chief Major Tran Van Minh.

Photo taken: Ben Cat (III Corps) 21st July 1962

The big AN-12 cargo plane was used to bringhte bodies from from Afghanistan

A wounded paratrooper who is injured, looks at photos of his friends that were killed in Bagram

Last day on Afghan soil, a soldier takes back ammunition in Hairat

For the journey back to the Soviet Union coffins were codenamed 'Cargo 200'

Residents of the Afghan regional capital Khost greet Soviet soldiers as they return from operation against the Mujahideen May 26 1986

Afghan guerillas have lunch next to a Soviet helicopter after it was shot down in Nuristan, Afghanistan

Lest we forget

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