Historic Gallery | 80th Anniversary

Marines of the 1st Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division - piled on top of tanks and Landing Vehicles Tanks (LVTs)- move to take up position on the south side of Go Noi Island.

Operation Pipestone Canyon, 1969

A wounded "buddy" is carefully carried down the ragged hill on his way to the rear for medical care.

Colombian Battalion, 1952

Chest checkup is given to PFC Rollie E. Fansler of the 4th Missile Command by Capt. Alan J. Serrins, medical officer of the 17th Inf. aid station. Although small, the station is one of the best-equipped military medical facilities in Korea.

Little Walter Reed, 1959

Lonely perimeter guard post is patrolled by PFC William E. Green on a hill near the division CP. When not playing, the band forms a security unit.

1st Cavalry Division, 1958

A fleeing Niigata family, whose home (near burning oil tanks in background) was destroyed, pauses to talk with Stars & Stripes reporter PFC Mike Mealey and photographer Masahiko Nakamura.

Showa Refinery in Niigata, Japan, 1964

Members of the 2nd Battalion, 1st Regiment, 1st Marine Division take a break during sweep operations on the north side of Go Noi Island.

2nd Battalion, 1969

Work gets under way on the Yoyogi Sports Center in part of the Washington Heights military housing area.

Yoyogi Sports Center, 1963

A basket and a few feet of sidewalk make up this elderly woman's shop as she sells strawberries in downtown Saigon.

Street vendor in Saigon, 1966