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4 August 1968: Stars and Stripes: Marine Lance Corporal Coy L. Hester, Jr. (Oneonta New York) raises the American flag with the help of a Vietnamese soldier at a small Marine outpost 36 miles north of the Marine Air Base, Chu Lai. Coy, attached to the 1st Combined Action Group, is one of 14 Marines that help train home guards to defend their villages. The flag was donated by a woman's club in the states (official photo by 1st Lieutenant Joe Collins)
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Original description and photo sourced from The USMC Archive

 

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M113 ACAV 1/10th Cavalry "Buffalo Soldiers" , 4th Infantry Division "Ivy Division"
LZ "Schueller" , An Khe area , October 1971

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Original description and photos sourced from:
Al Johnson collection and the Larry Jorgensen collection

 

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Roy McDonald, C Troop,1/9 Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, US Army, Vietnam. Mr. McDonald went on to become a New York State Senator.

 

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US Army 1st Cavalry Division briefing, Vietnam, 1969.

 

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Da Nang, South Vietnam: Marine Cpl. Michael Wynn, 20, of Columbus, Ohio, seems to be trying to get a message across with a takeoff on a hippie slogan "make war not love" written on his helmet here. Wynn is taking a breather during Operation Ballistic Charge.
Credit (UPI photo by Bill Hall) 9/21/67.

 

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P.O.W. gets a letter from home, Hanoi, 1972

 

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