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Photographers from the U.S. military documented the lives of American troops and their encounters with Vietnamese during the war. Hundreds of these photos are on file with the U.S. National Archives in Washington.
Viet Cong prisoner
A Viet Cong prisoner awaits interrogation at a Special Forces detachment in Thuong Duc, Vietnam, 15 miles (25 km) west of Danang, January 1967
Searching villages
Troops of the 1st Air Cavalry Division check houses while patrolling an area 25 miles (40 km) north of Qui Nhon as part of Operation Thayer, October 1966. The mission was designed to clear out a mountain range where two battalions of North Vietnamese were believed to be preparing for an attack on an airstrip.
After the battle
In Long Khanh province, Vietnam, R. Richter of the 4th Battalion, 503rd Infantry, 173rd Airborne Brigade, left, and Sgt. Daniel E. Spencer await the helicopter that will airlift their dead comrade, 1966
Operation Wahiawa
At left, UH-1D helicopters airlift members of the 2nd Battalion, 14th Infantry from a rubber plantation during Operation Wahiawa, a search-and-destroy mission by the 25th Infantry Division northeast of Cu Chi, Vietnam, in May 1966.
Waiting for help
A medic from the 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division, searches the sky for a Medevac helicopter to airlift a wounded buddy following an air assault, June 1967
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Vietnam War History
