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Ban Hat Bay

Date: 1961
Description: Personnel on the mortar fire mission move toward the site in New Man's Land from which they'll fire. Laos.
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U.S. Special Forces

Date: 1961
Description: View from rear of several shirtless soldiers running up a hill towards an Air America chopper about to land with a new supply of American soldiers in Ban H...
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Dead Vietnamese Man

Date: 1961
Description: A dead Vietnamese man lays on the ground as a paratrooper prepares to fire bullets into the body.
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Captain Jeffers in South Vietnam

Date: 1961
Description: United States advisor Captain Jeffers has a meal with six Vietnamese men.
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Helicopter in Binh Mung

Date: 1961
Description: Little boys watch the arrival of a helicopter over Binh Mung village in Vietnam.
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Aerial View, Luang Prabang Vicinity Settlement

Date: 1961
Description: Aerial view of a small settlement in the mountains, Luang Prabang vicinity, Laos. A narrow dirt road winds across the terrain and some buildings and an air...
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Kekacham Settlement with Special Forces

Date: 1961
Description: Keukacham Meo settlement, Laos with American special forces and Lao infantrymen. Two soldiers talk near a tent and another works atop a mud-spattered jeep.
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Lao Infantrymen at Keukacham Meo Settlement

Date: 1961
Description: Two Lao infantry men posing for a picture on a dirt road next to a stack of crates in the Keukacham Meo settlement, Laos. A number of residents and soldier...
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Woman with Mule on Airstrip

Date: 1961
Description: A woman carrying a basket on her back leads a mule laden with bundles across an airstrip at Keukacham village, Laos. There are 55-gallon drums near a tent,...
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Lao Infantrymen near Tents

Date: 1961
Description: Three Lao infantrymen stand outside near of tents in the Keukacham village.
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Woman and Mules on Airstrip

Date: 1961
Description: A woman leads a mule laden with bundles across the airstrip at the village of Keukacham, Laos. A young mule follows. In the background at the base of a hil...
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Plane on Keukacham Airstrip

Date: 1961
Description: Small plane sitting on Keukacham airstrip, Laos. A green hill rises in the background and tents and ramshackle buildings are on either side of the strip.
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Tank and Keukacham

Date: 1961
Description: View of Keukacham village, Laos from behind a tank. A partially thatched building is in the foreground and other buildings on a dirt road are visible in th...
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Elevated View of Keukacham

Date: 1961
Description: Elevated view of Keukacham village, Laos. Three soldiers stand talking in the foreground by a large, open, white tent. In the background is a rubble pile, ...
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Aerial View of Keukacham

Date: 1961
Description: Aerial view of Keukacham village, Laos including landing strip with helicopter. The small settlement is clearly visible contrasted against the verdant gree...
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Soldiers at Vieques

Date: 1961
Description: Soldier in combat gear giving another a drink of water as treatment for symptoms of heat prostration at Vieques, Puerto Rico. A third soldier looks on in t...
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Perimeter East

Date: 1961
Description: Rear view of a soldier at a wall on the edge of the Vietnamese village of Binh Hung. A rifle and pack are hanging from a wooden post, and next to it is a s...
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Dead Viet Cong

Date: 1961
Description: Dead body of a Viet Cong soldier on display in the marketplace of the Tan Hung village. He was caught planting poisoned spikes in swamps. Vietnamese soldie...
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Wounded South Vietnamese Soldier

Date: 1961
Description: Soldier assisting a wounded South Vietnamese soldier.
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Children Playing in Water at Binh Hung

Date: 1961
Description: View of the village of Binh Hung, Vietnam. Two small children play in the water among several thatched-roofed houses. Ducks are swimming in the water.

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