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The Year 1965 in Photographs
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Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara's February 1965 press conference, at the Pentagon. Photo taken 02/07/1965.
Evacuation of U.S. military and civilian dependents from Vietnam in compliance with a directive by President L.B. Johnson. U.S. Ambassador to Vietnam Maxwell D. Taylor, chats with General William C. Westmoreland, Commanding General, U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam at Tan Son Nhut Airport, Saigon. They were at the Airport to see part of the dependents prior to their departure to CONUS. Photo taken 02/11/1965.
Known Viet Cong prisoners are being led to a helicopter landing zone for evacuation to the regimental collection point. The men all have old bullet wounds and barbed-wire fence wounds. Photo taken 07/25/1965.
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara and General Westmoreland, Vietnam Assistance Command Commander, talks with General Tee on condition of the war in Vietnam. General Tee is (I) Corp Commander in Danang Area. Photo taken 08/1965.
Da Nang, Vietnam....For hours every day, the Marine MP at Da Nang's Checkpoint Charlie has assistance as he checks vehicles through. The youngsters are the sons of Vietnamese air force sergeant who lives on the base. Photo taken 07/28/1965.
A Marine from 1st Battalion, 3rd Marines, moves a Viet Cong suspect to the rear during a search and clear operation held by the battalion 15 miles west of Da Nang Air Base. Photo taken 08/03/1965.
Da Nang, Vietnam. A young Marine private waits on the beach during the Marine landing. Photo taken 08/03/1965.
Arrival of the U.S. 1st Cavalry Division (Air Mobile) in Vietnam. The 15,800 men and 424 Helicopters and Planes disembarked from troopships and carriers at Qui Nhon and then immediately moved inland by air and convoy to their assigned tactical operations area at An Khe. Men of the 1st Battalion, 77th Artillery watches from the lou as their comrades in arms disembark from the troop transport USNS General Simon Buckner. Photo taken 09/14/1965.
Le My, Vietnam....The wages of many years of war are reflected in the faces of this aged Vietnamese couple who live here in a United States Marine Corps-sponsored refugee camp here. During the past several months, hundreds of such Vietnamese families have been evacuated from Viet Cong terrorism to the center by Leathernecks of the 2nd Battalion, 3rd Marines Regiment, 3rd Marine Division. Photo taken 1965.
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Men of H Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines, move along rice paddy dikes in pursuit of the Viet Cong. Photo taken 12/10/1965.
A Private of the 3rd Shore Party Battalion, trades in a pair of ruined boots for a new pair at Landing Zone Oak during Operation Harvest Moon. Photo taken 12/17/1965.
General William C. Westmoreland, Commanding General, COMUSMACV, (center, right), thanks entertainer Bob Hope for his many years of service to the U.S. troops in the field. Photo taken 12/24/1965.
Scene of Viet Cong bombing in Saigon, Republic of Vietnam. Photo taken 1965.
Bombing of Viet Cong structures along a canal in South Vietnam. Photo taken 1965.
Vietnam: helicopter and soldier approaching target. Photo taken ca.1965.
A Vietnamese woman weeps over the body of her husband, one of the Vietnames Army casualties suffered in the war with the Viet Cong in South Vietnam. Photo taken 1965.
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