Historic Gallery | 80th Anniversary

Dust whips up as a member of the flight deck crew of the USS America signals as a lands on the air carriers flight deck.

USS America, 1968

Transfer of personnel by high-lines onto the USS Buchanan.The USS Tappahannock - a refueling tanker - is visible in the background.

Ships in Operation Sea Dragon, 1968

Pfc. Richard C. Black (without hat) and Intelligence Officer Lt. Charles L. Dundas inspect a well concealed enemy hooch and bunker.

Operation Pipestone Canyon, 1969

Members of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division move through a landscape marked by craters to take up a position on the north side of Go Noi Island.

1st Marine Division, 1969

Sailors pull rope during the refueling and rearming operation on board the USS Buchanan destroyer by the tanker USS Tappahannock [not visible].

USS Buchanan, 1968

Dr. (Captain) Vernon J. Hendrix talks to the doctors and nurses at the 77th Army Hospital near Kwangju. He knows the medical problems in his area through trips he has made to six provincial hospitals not too far from Sang Mu Dae, where he is attached as the medical officer of Detachment K, U.S. Army Advisory Group, South Korea.

77th Army Hospital, 1959

CHARGING A DUMMY representing the enemy during the intense testing, Sgt. Roger G. Cee of Salt Lake City, Utah, routs the "opponent" out of his foxhole. The sergeant tossed two grenades at the site before charging the make-believe enemy.

Garry Owen, 1958

PFC Bobby Rutherford chats with Korean security guard.

8224th Military Police Detachment, 1958