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C Co., 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, approached the village of Lieu An on the Bong Son plain during Operation Pershing. The night before they had been in a firefight at the village. As they approached in the morning they tripped mines. Three soldiers were wounded and one was killed. Here the dead soldier is being loaded into Huey helicopter Medevac. |
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Nguyen Thi Hoai, 26, holds her two-year-old daughter, Lam Thi Tho, as men from C Co., 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment,1st Cavalry Division, set fire to their village, Lieu An, on the Bong Son plain during Operation Pershing. The night before there had been 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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Two Vietnamese women and Nguyen Xuan Me throw dirt 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 their homes in the village of Lieu An on the Bong Son plain during Operation Pershing. The night before the soldiers had been in a fire fight 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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A Vietnamese woman throws dirt 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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A Vietnamese woman throws dirt 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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Nguyen Xuan Me throws dirt 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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Nguyen Xuan Me throws water on a house that had been set afire by troopers from C Co., 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division. The troopers 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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Nguyen Xuan Me throws dirt 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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Nguyen Xuan Me throws dirt 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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Nguyen Xuan Me on the burning roof of 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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Nguyen Thi Thanh walks aways as a trooper from C Co., 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, sets fire to her home in 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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Nguyen Thi Hoai, 26, holds her two-year-old daughter, Lam Thi Tho, while her sister, Nguyen Thi Thanh and Nguyen Xuan Me stand by as troopers from C Co., 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, set fire to their village, 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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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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A Vietnamese woman throws a bucket of water on a burning 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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A grimacing Vietnamese woman walks away from a smoldering 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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A grimacing Nguyen Xuan Me walks away from a blazing 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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A trooper with an M-60 machine gun on his shoulder stands in front of a burning village. The soldiers from C Co., 1st Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment set fire to the village of Lieu An on the Bong Son plain during Operation Pershing. The night before they 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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A young Vietnamese boy being dragged away for questioning during the search of his village in December 1966 in the central lowlands of South Vietnam. The soldiers were from the 1st Cavalry Division. The TV photographer in the background is Danish journalist Ib Heller. |
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An older sergeant, fatigued from a run across open field, ignored advice to stay down because of snipers and was shot in head. Here he lies on a paddy dike moments after he was hit. |
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