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| American soldiers cover their ears as they fire 81mm mortars at North Vietnamese Army (NVA) position around Duc Lap Special Forces camp two miles from the Cambodian border in Quang Duc Province in II Corps in November 1969. The camp was manned by Nung mercenaries, U.S. Special Forces from team A-239 and soldiers from Battery D, 5th Battalion, 22nd Field Artillery Regiment. It was under regular rocket and artillery attack from NVA soldiers who surrounded the base. |
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| American soldiers cover their ears as they fire 81mm mortars at North Vietnamese Army (NVA) position around Duc Lap Special Forces camp two miles from the Cambodian border in Quang Duc Province in II Corps in November 1969. The camp was manned by U.S. Special Forces from team A-239 and Nung mercenaries. It was under regular rocket and artillery attack from NVA soldiers who surrounded the base. |
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| American soldiers cover their ears as they fire 81mm mortars at North Vietnamese Army (NVA) position around Duc Lap Special Forces camp two miles from the Cambodian border in Quang Duc Province in II Corps in November 1969. The camp was manned by Nung mercenaries, U.S. Special Forces from team A-239 and soldiers from Battery D, 5th Battalion, 22nd Field Artillery Regiment. It was under regular rocket and artillery attack from NVA soldiers who surrounded the base. |
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| American soldiers listen for incoming fire at Duc Lap Special Forces camp two miles from the Cambodian border in Quang Duc Province in II Corps in November 1969. The camp was manned by Nung mercenaries, U.S. Special Forces from team A-239 soldiers from Battery D, 5th Battalion, 22nd Field Artillery Regiment. It was under regular rocket and artillery attack from North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldiers who surrounded the base. |
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| A flare lights the sky during a night battle at Duc Lap Special Forces camp two miles from the Cambodian border in Quang Duc Province in II Corps in November 1969. The camp was manned by Nung mercenaries, U.S. Special Forces from team A-239 soldiers from Battery D, 5th Battalion, 22nd Field Artillery Regiment. It was under regular rocket and artillery attack from North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldiers who surrounded the base. |
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| Nung members of the Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG), mercenaries, leave for patrol from Duc Lap Special Forces camp two miles from the Cambodian border in Quang Duc Province in II Corps in November 1969. The camp was manned by Nung mercenaries, U.S. Special Forces from team A-239 and soldiers from Battery D, 5th Battalion, 22nd Field Artillery Regiment. It was under steady fire from North Vietnamese Army (NVA) rockets and artillery. |
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| Nung members of the Civilian Irregular Defense Group (CIDG), mercenaries, leave for patrol from Duc Lap Special Forces camp two miles from the Cambodian border in Quang Duc Province in II Corps in November 1969. The camp was manned by U.S. Special Forces from team A-239 and Nung mercenaries. It was under steady fire from North Vietnamese Army (NVA) rockets and artillery. |
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| A CH-47 Chinook helicopter carries a sling load of cargo from a base in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
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| A CH-47 Chinook helicopter carries a sling load of cargo from a base in the Central Highlands of Vietnam.
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| A Vietnamese woman throws water on a house that had been set afire by troopers from C Co., 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. The soldiers set fire to the village of Lieu An on the Bong Son plain during Operation Pershing. The night before the soldiers had been in a firefight at the village. As the soldiers approached in the morning they tripped mines. Three soldiers were wounded and one was killed.
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| Lt. Nick Terpstra, Artesia, Calif., leads a Viet Cong POW away from the battlefield. In the background an armored personnel carrier (APC) smolders. It hit a mine. The action took place July 9, 1966. The soldiers are from the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division. |
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| Lt. Donald F. "Dutch" Schnably, 21, Weston, W. Va., the executive officer of Special Forces team A-239 at the Duc Lap Special Forces camp two miles from the Cambodian border in Quang Duc Province in II Corps in December 1969. The camp was manned by Nung mercenaries, U.S. Special Forces soldiers and soldiers from Battery D, 5th Battalion, 22nd Field Artillery Regiment. It was under regular rocket and artillery attack from North Vietnamese Army (NVA) soldiers who surrounded the base. A few days after this photograph was taken, on Dec. 1, 1969, Schnably was killed by NVA mortar fire.
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| American artillery explodes just outside the wire at Duc Lap Special Forces camp two miles from the Cambodian border in Quang Duc Province in II Corps in November 1969. The camp was manned by U.S. Special Forces from team A-239 and soldiers from Battery D, 5th Battalion, 22nd Field Artillery Regiment. |
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| The Special Forces commander at Ben Het watches as his ammunition dump explodes after being hit by North Vietnam Army artillery. The base was under siege by NVA troops who rained artillery, rockets and mortars on the camp near the Laotian border during a month-long siege. |
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| Master Sgt. Ralph R. Trout, 35, of Fayetteville, N.C., a member of the Special Forces team at Ben Het, waits out a North Vietnamese Army artillery barrage at the besieged camp near the Laotian border. |
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| A Green Beret carries a wounded Vietnamese soldier to the medical bunker during a North Vietnamese Army artillery barrage at the besieged camp near the Laotian border. |
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| A smoke screen helped troops at Ben Het Special Forces camp recover air-dropped supplies. The camp was shelled daily by the North Vietnamese army during a month-long siege. |
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| The Special Forces commander at Ben Het waits out a North Vietnamese Army artillery barrage during a month-long siege at the camp near the Laotian border. |
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| A Green Beret pays Montagnard mercenaries who helped defend the Ben Het Special Forces camp near the Laotian border during a month-long siege by the North Vietnamese Army. |
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