Pictured are a members of a mechanized infantry battalion riding on top of an armored personnel carrier
Posted on 08/30/2015 7:00:48 AM PDT by virgil283
"These candid images show life on the front lines of the Vietnam war through the eyes of a young soldier, who rediscovered the collection decades after the conflict ended.
In the images by former artillery officer Christopher Gaynor, helicopters swoop down in high-risk troop deployments, convoys rumble through the booby-trapped countryside and infantrymen make tense dawn patrols....."
(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...
Pictured are a members of a mechanized infantry battalion riding on top of an armored personnel carrier
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You missed the PRC-77 picture.
Pictures look so recent that it is hard to imagine the men as old men.
“Pictures look so recent that it is hard to imagine the men as old men.”
Look at a pic of me. Not hard at all to imagine an old man. 66-67
Great great photos of our young brave warriors. Their lives are once again a focus as Donald Trump runs for President as he has shown for decades his love of our veterans.
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I still think of my young son as my baby boy and I imagine the young man in the photo above appeared the same to his parents.
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Good stuff, loved the pic of the Caribou unloading. My father flew them out of Can Tho in 1965-66.
Refitted ACAVs.
(1/1 CAV Americal I Corps 68-69)
Thanks for this great historical record in pictures!
Wow! Thank you for the ping!
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