Historic Gallery | 80th Anniversary

Soldier holds hand of wounded buddy and tries to comfort him as squad fights off 50 to 60 VC.

25th Infantry Division, 1966

The "Queens" Swing out at Radar Site

Seburi Yama, Japan, 1956

A young, comparatively lean Ricketts (left) slashes "copy" the way he was to slash movies and stageshows. He was a proofreader in young, lean days.

Stars and Stripes proofroom, 1962

Patrol boat comes alongside small Korean boat in Inchon harbor and warns boatman to move his craft away from the ship unloading area.

Inchon harbor, 1958

Two soldiers of the 28th RCT watch for Vietcong through telescope.

Soldiers watch for Vietcong, 1966

After some 5 or 6 North Korean agents were reported to have crossed through the Demilitarized Zone in 2nd Infantry Division area, the division's 4th Brigade commander tasked the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Strike Force with flushing the communist infiltrators out of hiding.

UH-1 Huey helicopter in Korea, 1968

Models of aircraft and boats made by SP4 Karl Breitenstein hang in the recently completed 9th Cav. craft shop. 9/30/1959]; The craft shop is one of the many improvement projects the 1st Recon Squadron has built. The joke in the 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, 9th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, is that the “recon” in the unit’s name stands for “reconstruction” instead of reconnaissance.” It’s almost true. Since last fall this frontline outfit haws built a steady stream of projects.

9th Cav. craft shop, 1959

Happy orphan In Suk Han, 7, waves to her friends at the Hea Sung Orphanage as she leaves with Miss Elizabeth Lewis and an unidentified driver for a weekend in Seoul.

Hea Sung Orphanage, 1959