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Vietnamese Funeral
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Funeral at Binh Hung, Vietnam for several members of the Vietnamese Sea Swallows battallion who were killed in combat against Viet Cong forces on May 29. Under a roofed building with columns are elaborately decorated caskets draped with flags, with candles burning at the end of each one. Mourners are sitting among the caskets, and lines of soldiers paying their respects are lined up outdoors in the background.
May 1962
Chapelle, Dickey, 1919-1965
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Vietnamese Funeral
May 1962
Funeral at Binh Hung, Vietnam for several members of the Vietnamese Sea Swallows battalion who were killed in combat against Viet Cong forces on May 29. Elaborately decorated caskets are draped wit...
Sea Swallow Training
October 1961
An explosive is detonated by an instructor between rows of crawling Vietnamese Sea Swallow trainees at Binh Hung. The training was intended to teach them that they could survive shelling.
Viet Cong Prisoners at Binh Hung
1962
Group of Viet Cong held prisoner by South Vietnamese soldiers. The group is seated on the ground among foliage with mock rifles in the foreground. Soldiers are standing in the far background.
South Vietnamese Patrol
1961
South Vietnamese soldiers from the Sea Swallow Army wading along a canal on patrol near the village of Binh Hung. Grass buildings are in the background near trees.
New Sea Swallow Graduates
October 1961
View from water of a newly formed company of Vietnamese Sea Swallows riding in a boat near Binh Hung as they joyously celebrate its graduation from training by starting out on its first military mi...
Vietnamese Girl with Sword
1962
A girl holds a sword over her head while performing a traditional sword dance at the village of Binh Hung, Vietnam.
