Troopers block Bama Schools 1963
This nameplate was used in 1963
Korea at War 1950
This nameplate was used in 1950

HISTORICAL PHOTOS

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

A South Vietnamese marine gives a cigarette to a Viet Cong prisoner in the aftermath of a battle 65 miles southwest of Saigon.

A smoke for a prisoner, 1967

A U.S. Marine holds out his M-16 rifle to pull a wounded comrade to safety during the battle for the city of Hue.

Pulled to safety, 1968

Gesturing toward his beard, a Vietnamese man tries to convince an infantryman who's checking his identity papers that he's too old to be a Viet Cong soldier.

Questioning a suspect, 1967

Their machine gun mounted on a kitchen table, U.S. Marines take position on a battle-scarred Hue street amid the bloody effort to retake the city during the Tet offensive.

Marines in Hue, 1968