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The special forces camp of Plei Me, South Vietnam was under heavy attack by an estimated two regiments of Viet-Cong and North Vietnamese regulars that started, at that time, the largest battle of the Vietnam war. The pictures in this story were made…

A group of wounded U.S. first cavalry division soldiers race through enemy fire to be evacuated. Thei company was badly hit in a cemetery at Heai Chau, South Vietnam.

In a kind of grim game of tag, a Vietnamese man is 'it' in the village of Lap Thuan. Suspected of ties to Viet Cong elements operating in the area, he is so labeled by U.S. Marines who moved into the village. The hastily scrawled description of the…

Fighters aim guns at the land below.

USAF Major Leslie Leaveys face changes expressions as he strafes and pulls out of a dive dropping bombs on enemy lines. Camera was mounted on cockpit of two seater F100 fighter bomber and run by remote control.

Soldiers carry a wounded comrade.

Two soldiers of the U.S. First Infantry Division sit in a jungle clearing about 50 miles north-west of Saigon, sharing a poncho to keep from being drenched by a Vietnamese monsoon downpour. Their unit had just been resupplied with rations and water…

A U.S. Marine yells for assistance as he tends to a wounded buddy on the fringe of the demilitarized zone. American Marines, sweeping through dense jungles on the fringe of the DMZ, fought off a determined North Vietnamese attack, killing at least…

Photograph of a GI just as he is hit by Viet Cong fire.

Wounded members of the U.S. First Cavalry division dodge enemy bullets as they charge toward an evacuation helicopter in a cemetery at Hoai Chau, South Vietnam Jan. 31, 1966.