Helicopters going on an ‘Eagle Mission’ in South Vietnam, 1967

Helicopters going on an ‘Eagle Mission’ in South Vietnam, 1967

A vertical, black and white photo of service members standing as a row of helicopters flies low.

South Vietnam, April, 1967: Helicopters stream in to take soldiers from the 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division on an “Eagle Mission” to investigate suspicious activity and round up Viet Cong suspects in Hau Nghia province.

Read the 1967 story on the mission here.

Tom Dreiling/Stars and Stripes

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