Korea at War 1950
This nameplate was used in 1950
It's Over 1975
This nameplate was used in 1975

HISTORICAL PHOTOS

Staff Sgt. Bob Thoms leads his Marines through the city of Hue during the Tet Offensive. Stars and Stripes photographer John Olson's work during Tet — some of it converted to 3D format for access by the blind — is the subject of an exhibition currently on display at the Newseum in Washington, D.C.

Tet Offensive, 1968

A worker takes a break from cleaning the floor on the ground level of Saigon's Independence Palace, which had just undergone a four-year renovation project.

Presidential palace, 1968

Boats are beached near where Americans from the 9th Infantry Division's 2nd Brigade Riverine Force and South Vietnamese from the 5th Vietnamese Marine Battalion battled the Viet Cong along the My Tho River, 65 miles southwest of Saigon.

Riverine force, 1967

A U.S. Marine radios from under a cross formed by support beams of a structure long reduced to rubble during the Tet Offensive. Dong Ba gate and its tower lie amid smoke and ruins in the background.

Battle of Hue, 1968

A U.S. Marine takes a closer look at North Vietnamese forces massed around the beleaguered base at Khe Sanh.

Khe Sanh, 1968

As a platoon leader and his radioman press into the rubble of the Dong Ba Tower for cover, a U.S. Marine fires back at a North Vietnamese sniper amid fighting in the Hue Citadel during the Tet Offensive.

Battle of Hue, 1968

A U.S. Marine fires at the enemy over one of the outer walls surrounding the Hue Citadel during the infamous Tet Offensive.

Battle of Hue, 1968

While mortar and artillery shells explode around them, U.S. Marines scramble for safety in a bunker at the Khe Sanh base.

Taking cover, 1968