Nixon Goes 1974
This nameplate was used in 1974
Annamese-grid
This nameplate was used in 1945

HISTORICAL PHOTOS

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

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