Nixon Goes 1974
This nameplate was used in 1974
North Korea Hijacs U.S. Naval Vessel 1968
This nameplate was used in 1968

HISTORICAL PHOTOS

Spec. 4 Lewis Colberson of Levittown, Pa. uses his canteen cup to give some water to a puppy that has just arrived in Vietnam with troops from 6th Battalion, 31st Infantry, 9th Infantry Division.

Stowaway, 1968

Admiring a new addition to their family - six-month-old Susan Marie Young - are Sgt. and Mrs. Young and their five sons.

Korean orphan adopted, 1958

A wounded Marine sheltered in a vacant villa is tended to by a medic during the Tet Offensive battle for the former imperial capital city.

Wounded Marine at Hue, 1968

A machine gunner keeps a close eye out for enemy activity on the shoreline as U.S. Marines cross the Perfume River for an assault on the ancient imperial capital of Hue during the Tet Offensive.

River crossing at Hue, 1968

9th Infantry Division soldiers Staff Sgt. William Dowell of Orange Lake, N.J., and Pfc. Ronald Hull of Waupun, Wis., hope for the best as they relax next to an idle mortar.

Christmas truce, 1967

A Marine finds some time to play his guitar amid the sandbags of a dugout at the Khe Sanh base.

Music at Khe Sanh, 1968

U.S. Marines take cover behind one of the bullet-riddled outer walls surrounding the Hue Citadel as they exchange fire with the enemy during the Tet Offensive.

Battle of Hue, 1968

A Marine cooks soup while others either relax or work on better protecting a kitchen facility at the Khe Sanh base.

Khe Sanh kitchen, 1968