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The Year 1968 in Photographs
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Marines of the 60mm mortar section of Company K, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, get ready to set-in for the night during Operation Badger in Quang Tri Province. Photo taken 01/11/1968.
OPERATION YELLOWSTONE VIETNAM: Following a hard day, a few members of Company A 3rd Battalion, 22nd Infantry (Mechanized), 25th Infantry Division, gather around a guitar player and sing a few songs. Photo taken 01/18/1968.
This bridge over the Perfume River in Hue was still standing as these refugees fled across it to escape Tet fighting, but it soon was dropped into the river by the communists. Photo taken 1968.
The old and the young flee Tet offensive fighting in Hue, managing to reach the south shore of the Perfume River despite this blown bridge. Photo taken 1968.
Black smoke covers areas of the capital city and fire trucks rush to the scenes of fires set during attacks by the Viet Cong during the festive Tet holiday period. Saigon, 1968.
Three Vietnamese women move back into the Cholon area after Viet Cong attack that left a two-block area leveled, in hopes of salvaging meager belongings. Saigon, January 31, 1968.
Battle of Hamo Village during Tet. Photo taken 1968.
A grenadier from the 3rd Platoon, Company 2nd H, 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines, carries a Vietnamese woman from Hue Hospital to safety during the battle for Hue. Photo taken 02/05/1968.
Saigon, Vietnam....Rubble and the remains of barbed wire line the streets of Cholon, a suburb of Saigon that was burned by South Vietnamese army troops in an effort to flush out any Viet Cong that remained after the Tet offensive in late January. Photo taken 02/1968.
A twentieth century Angel of Mercy treats the wounds of a Private of H Company, 2nd Battalion, Fifth Marine Regiment, during Operation Hue City. Photo taken 02/06/1968. (National Archives)
Bien Hoa, Vietnam. Personnel destined to return to the U.S., wait at the Bien Hoa Air Terminal for a National Airlines flight home. Photo taken 02/15/1968.
A marine Ontos crew member relaxes during a break in the fighting at Hue. Photo taken 02/23/1968.
Marines riding atop an M-48 tank cover their ears as te 90mm gun fires during a road sweep southwest of Phu Bai. Photo taken 04/03/1968.
My Tho, Vietnam. A Viet Cong base camp being. In the foreground is a member of the C Company, 3rd Battalion, 47th Infantry, 9th Infantry Division, with 45 pound 90mm recoiless rifle. Photo taken 04/05/1968. Photo taken 04/05/1968.
Amtracs coming into the LPD during training exercises involving the 1st Amphibious Tractor Battalion. Photo taken 04/19/1968.
A medic in Company B, !st Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, paddles a three-man assault boat down the canal toward a breaking point during Operation Tong Thang I. Photo taken 05/13/1968.
U.S. Air Force CH3E helicopter approaching landing zone in Southeast Asian jungle during operation Pony Express. Photo taken 06/1968.
Two soldiers patroling in Vietnam. Photo taken 06/19/1968.
South China Sea...Captain William R. Flanagan, Commanding officer of the attack aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CVA-64) and Vide Admiral William F. Bringle, Commander of the Seventh Fleet, shake hands with President and Madame Nguyen Van Thieuas they depart after a visit aboard ship. Photo taken 07/10/1968.
President Nguyen Van Thieu (South Vietnam) and world map. Photo taken 07/19/1968.
President Nguyen Van Thieu (South Vietnam) and President Lyndon B. Johnson meeting in Hawaii. Photo taken 07/19/1968.
President Lyndon B. Johnson listens to tape sent by Captain Charles Robb from Vietnam. Photo taken 07/31/1968.
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A Sky Trooper from the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) keeps track of the time he has left on his short time helmet, while participating in Operation Pershing, near Bong Son. Photo taken 1968. (National Archives)
A rifleman with Headquarters, 9th Marine Regiment, takes time out to relax. Happiness is a cool mountain stream, an easy chair and his favorite magazine. Photo taken 1968.
A BREAK IN THE RAIN--Two battle weary Leathernecks of the 26th Marine Regiment take a break, rain and all, during Operation Bold Mariner. The cordon operation on the Batangan Peninsula in Quang Ngai Province is aimed at uncovering and destroying the dreaded Viet Cong and his political infrastructure that preys on defenseless Vietnamese in remote villages and hamlets. Photo taken date unknown.
Home is where you dig was the sign over the fighting bunker of the 1st Battalion, 7th Regiment, during Operation Worth. Photo taken 1968.
A Marine Lance Corporal, right, 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. Photo taken 1968.
A young Marine wounded by a Viet Cong booby trap is comforted by a fellow Marine. Photo taken 1968.
South Vietnam....A U.S. Navy patrol air cushion vehicle (PACV) glides over the waters of Cau Hai Bay near Hue. Photo taken 08/1968.
A U.S. Air Force HH-3 helicopter crewman fires a mini-gun during rescue patrol over South Vietnam. Photo taken 10/17/1968.
A Viet Cong soldier crouches in a bunker with an SKS rifle. Photo taken 1968.
Chu Lai, Vietnam. Prisoner of War and Detainee Operation. A roaming MP, 23rd Military Police Company, Americal Division, walks through the Americal Division POW collection point. Photo taken 11/1968.
Fort McClellan, AL. Basic trainees march in company formation at the WAC training Center. Photo taken 1968.
A young soldier from the Popular Forces stands gate guard duty in Vietnam. Photo taken 1968.
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