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Marines at Soc Trang
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Marines arriving at Soc Trang on a C-130 Hercules transport carrier. Soc Trang was an abandoned landing strip built by the Japanese during World War II. The C-130s were designed to move troops and equipment rapidly to remote locations, and they were used extensively during the Vietnam War. This photograph was taken by Milwaukee free-lance photographer Dickey Chapelle whose collection is available for research at the Wisconsin Historical Society Archives.
June 1962
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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Captured Russian Flag
1962
U.S. Marines posing with a captured Russian flag in front of a helicopter at the Soc Trang U.S. Marine helicopter base in Vietnam.
Chapelle in Vietnam
1962
Dickey Chapelle dressed in military clothing wading through a swamp in Vietnam.
Helicopters over Rice Paddies
1962
Aerial view of four U.S. Marine helicopters banking over an expanse of rice paddies in Vietnam. Fluffy white clouds fill the sky.
Helicopter Cockpit
June 1962
Helicopter cockpit showing the pilot's view of the Vietnamese Delta region below. This photograph was taken by Milwaukee freelance photographer Dickey Chapelle.
Vietnamese Assault on Village
May 1962
Vietnamese soldiers exiting from U.S. Army helicopter and running across a field with guns drawn to assault a village suspected of harboring Viet Cong in the vicinity of Soc Tranh, Vietnam.
