The Vietnam War

August 2, 1964 in the Gulf of Tonkin there was a fight between the American destroyer, to carry out electronic intelligence off the coast of North Vietnam and North Vietnamese torpedo boats, t. N. "Tonkin incident". A similar incident allegedly repeated during the night of 4 August 5. In response to these events, August 5th deck-based aircraft for the first time the US bombed military targets in North Vietnam. The US Congress passed t. N. "Gulf of Tonkin Resolution", entitled The new US president Lyndon Johnson, if necessary, use military force in Southeast Asia.




Marines in intelligence. Demilitarized zone, in February 1968.

1968. The village after the attack, the Vietcong. The Jeep wounded in the head army soldiers in South Vietnam ...



Sergeant Alex Adams (with phone) and Ron Hooper at an observation post near the airbase Danang. November 1, 1965. The week before the Viet Cong attacked the base and killed about twenty helicopters.



US Marines are combing the countryside. February 13, 1968.



September 16, 1966. A few miles from the demilitarized zone. Marines assisted his wounded comrade.



September 25, 1967. Marine reloads his gun in the trenches
Con Theni.



American soldiers based Con Theni. This base has been a constant object of attack communists. October 8, 1967.



Preparations for the evacuation of wounded soldiers. Injured in the battle for control over the gorge A Shau.



A captured Viet Cong.



February 17, 1967. The fighting in South Vietnam.



US Marines were wounded during the operation «Starlight». In August 1965, Marines captured Viet Cong regiment. During the six days of fighting destroyed about six Viet Cong, the Americans lost fifty-one Marines and more than two hundred people were injured.



Marines involved in the operation «Thayer II».



Marines in combat with the guerrillas of the Viet Cong.



Helicopter under fire evacuates rannenyh and American soldiers killed in an ambush VC.



Soldiers of the Second Battalion of the First Infantry Division after the collision with the forces of North Vietnam. Six miles from the Cambodian border.



Trying to civilians to save what is left after a rocket attack on Saigon North Vietnamese communists. Saigon Viet Cong often fired to intimidate the civilian population.



Transportation of bodies of dead soldiers to his home in the United States.



The parade of veterans of the Vietnam War in 1985. New York.



Battalion of marines landed in South Vietnam. The objectives of the second battalion landing teams of the Third Corps was part of the landing on the coast 15 miles north of Hue July 20, 1967.



Marine behind a machine gun on the ship with an air bag.



5 Tank Mechanized Corps crossed the river Lo. Vietnam. 1968. This tank was the most powerful tanks were used in Vietnam. It is equipped with 90 mm cannon and two machine guns.



"Chinook" transports ammunition. 228 Helicopter Aviation Battalion. South Vietnam, April 11, 1966.



The shooter is firing from a helicopter. Helicopter third company seventh detachment under the command of William D. Martin. Helicopter is on the exploration positions commies in the valley of the Mekong.



Hovercraft before planting.



US Navy patrol boat on the way to Hue in 1968.



Ensuring the safety of movement on the rivers.



The photo was taken in 1968. This soldier was awarded three "Purpunym Heart».



Soldiers after the battle for the height of 875.



Leisure Marine ...



25 Infantry Division soldiers during the Christmas ceasefire. Neighborhood Ku Chi. 40 miles west of Saigon.



Reid paratroopers through the woods on the way to Mount Chu Hong-La Drang Valley. Vietnam, 1965.
At that time there were fierce battles between the US Army and the Viet Cong. It was the first military clash between them. His result: 2500 Vietcong killed and 234 American soldiers, plus about three hundred wounded.































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