The Tet Offensive was one of the largest military campaigns of the Vietnam War, launched on January 30, 1968, by forces of the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese People’s Army of Vietnam against the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam, the United States Armed Forces, and their allies.…
Fifty years ago, in March 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines landed in South Vietnam, the first American combat troops on the ground in a conflict that had been building for decades.
More than 3 million people, including 58,000 Americans, were killed in the conflict.
From Malcolm Browne’s photograph of the burning monk to Nick Ut’s picture of a nine-year-old girl running from a napalm attack, the Associated Press’s Saigon bureau captured the realities and tragedies of the Vietnam war
Photo editor Kendra Rennick began collecting slides taken by Vietnam War veterans after her friend's father died and left behind a box of images he took.
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Communist troops captured Saigon on April 30, 1975, ending one of the most bitter conflicts ever to involve the United States.
Fifty years ago, in March 1965, 3,500 U.S. Marines landed in South Vietnam, the first American combat troops on the ground in a conflict that had been building for decades.
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War of Vietnam. Cannon of 105 mm of the South-Vietnamese army before the fall of Saigon. April 1975.
The Vietnam War occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia from 1959 to April 30, 1975. The war was fought between the communist North Vietnam, supported...
The following story was written by [Jeff Drake] before his investigation into U.S. friendly fire involvement in Vietnam. It affected him deeply, and he has only recently come to terms with the expe…
Australian armored vehicles moving through the thickets during the next RAID against partisans, Viet Cong, Vietnam war, 1966.
UH-1D helicopters airlift members of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry Regt. from the Fihol Rubber Plantation during Operation Wahiawa. The search and destroy mission was conducted by the 25th Infantry Division northeast of Cu Chi in Vietnam. Photo taken: May 1966
Images from the Vietnam War
As thousands fled Saigon and others steeled themselves for takeover, photographers captured a city bracing for the end of war.
View of two American soliders in the fore as, behind them, a UH-1D Tactical Transport helicopter takes off after unloading troops during Operation White Wing, near Bong Son, Vietnam, February 19, 1966. (Photo by PhotoQuest/Getty Images)
The First World War introduced many new weapons to the world of warfare. The first global mechanized war saw the first use of tanks and combat airplanes,
Tactically, the 1968 Tet Offensive was a huge loss for the North, but it marked a significant turning point in public opinion and political support, leading to a drawdown of U.S. troop involvement, and eventual withdrawal in 1973.
