Historic Gallery | 80th Anniversary

Unidentified cavalryman takes a rest under a wooden shelter.

Cavalryman in Vietnam takes a rest, 1968

Local Vietnamese look on as cavalrymen on patrol pass through their village.

Que Son Valley, 1968

Illumination rounds fall outside perimeter at LZ Ross as tracers, fired during "mad minute", are fired in all directions.

Mad Minute, 1968

Cavalrymen walk past tank destroyed by NVA earlier this month.

Cavalrymen in Vietnam, 1968

SP/4 Steve Johnson (Newark, NJ) adjusts his helmet as his assistant gunner SP/4 Ramon Aragon (Albuquerque, NM) watches radioman Duane Middleton (Tuckasegge, AL[NC?]) fire back at NVA fighters.

Que Sanh Valley, 1968

A water buffelo peeks through the gates of his enclosure.

A water buffelo in Vietnam, 1968

SP/4 Steve Turner (St. Petersburg, FL) from B Troop, 1st Squad, 1st Cavalry Regiment talks to Sgt. Kenneth Bouche (Anaheim, CA).

Que Sanh Valley, 1968

A local Vietnamese woman makes her way down a dirt path in Que Son Valley.

Que Son Valley, 1968