A young soldier's duty is to fight, and an old soldier's duty is to remember.vietnam war - 1961-1975 - regimental histories - united states., united states. army. air cavalry division, 2/12th cavalry, battle of hue, tet offensive

The Vietnam War remains a topic of extraordinary interest, not least because of striking parallels between that conflict and more recent fighting in the Middle East.vietnam war (1961-1975), vietnam war (1961-1975) - united states, president ngo dinh diem, tet offensive, president nixon

In three straight years he was a paratrooper, an army seaman, and a LRRP - and he lived to tell about it.vietnamese conflict, 1961-1971 - personal narratives, american, 1961 - 1975, personal narratives, american, lrrp, charile company, tet offensive, 173rd airborne brigade, fng paratrooper

The city of Hue, population: 140,000, South Vietnam's third-largest city. 20,000 combatants. 10,000 combatants and civilians killed, 80 percent of the city damaged or destroyed.tet offensive (1968), battle of hue

The year is 1968 - The Tet Offensive has begun. Conscript James "Ned" Kelly os one of six men who featured in this dramatic Vietnam story. "Ned" is almost half-way through his sentenced "Tour of Duty", and is part of the specialist aviation unit, the Australian Army's 161 Reconaissance Flight.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, tet offensive, 161 recce flight, james "ned" kelly

During the height of the Vietnam war, the armoured cavalry saw action in every hot spot on the map. 1961-1975 - personal narratives, american, vietnamese conflict, 1961-1975 - tank warfare, tet offensive, mekong delta

In the mid 1960' the youth of the Western world were largely preoccupied with "flower power" and the music of the Beatles. Meanwhile, in distant Indochina, young American GIs were engaged in a savage war of attrition in the jungles of a small divided country that had been a French colony.vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam history - august revolution, dien bien phu, ap bac, the gulf of tonkin, operation starlite, the ia drang campaign, long tan, battle of long tan, operation attleboro, operation bolo, operation junction city, rach ba rai river, khe sanh, tet offensive, hamburger hill, operation lam son 719, an loc, thanh hoa bridge

The cit of Hue is one of he saddest cities of our earth, no simply because of what happened there in February, 1968, unthinkalbe as that was. 1961-1975 - atrocities, vietnam war, 1961-1975 - campaigns - vietnam - hue, terrorism - vietnam, battle of hue, communist, tet offensive, vietcong

Assigned by Reuters to Vietnam, twenty-five year old correspondent Hugh Lunn left London with just 10 pounds for expenses and a one way ticket to Saigon. Arriving at the height of the war in 1967, he witnessed some of the most bloody and dramatic events, culminating in the 1968 Tet Offensice. Bombed, shot at, and lied to by the military, Hugh Lunn discovered that there was a war of words - and inages - as well as bullets.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, tet offensive (1968), saigon

The year is 1968 - The Tet Offensive has begun. Conscript James "Ned" Kelly os one of six men who featured in this dramatic Vietnam story. "Ned" is almost half-way through his sentenced "Tour of Duty", and is part of the specialist aviation unit, the Australian Army's 161 Reconaissance Flight.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - personal narratives, australian, tet offensive, 161 recce flight, james "ned" kelly

A coloured photograph of G.I. Gunners of A Battery 2/35th US Artillery unpack ammunition and supplies deliverd by a CH47 Chinook helicopter at an Australian Fire Support Base.photograph, chinook, 2/35th us artillery, tet offensive, 1969, 4 rar nz, gibbons collection catalogue

In the mid 1960' the youth of the Western world were largely preoccupied with "flower power" and the music of the Beatles. Meanwhile, in distant Indochina, young American GIs were engaged in a savage war of attrition in the jungles of a small divided country that had been a French colony.vietnam war, dien bien phu, ap bac, the gulf of tonkin, operation starlite, the ia drang campaign, long tan, battle of long tan, operation attleboro, operation bolo, operation junction city, rach ba rai river, tet offensive, hamburger hill, operation lam son 719, an l, an loc, thanh hoa bridge

A war correspondent's compelling account of a crucial battle in the Vietnam Warsiege of khe sanh, general westmoreland, president lyndon johnson, dien bien phu, tet offensive

Denis Gibbons (1937 – 2011) Trained with the Australian Army, before travelling to Vietnam in January 1966, Denis stayed with the 1st Australian Task Force in Nui Dat working as a photographer. For almost five years Gibbons toured with nine Australian infantry battalions, posting compelling war images from within many combat zones before being flown out in late November 1970 after sustaining injuries. The images held within the National Vietnam Veterans Museum make up the Gibbons Collection. A black and white photograph of a large cannon in its bay at the Imperial Palace Hue, South Vietnam. The tanks and regional force outposts surrounding the old gun emplacements appear as a anachronism in the modern conflict being raged in South Vietnam. (circa April 1966)photograph, imperial palace, hue, tet offensive, 1968, gibbons collection catalogue, cannon, denis gibbons

A coloured photograph of Gunners of 104 Battery Royal Australian Artillery at Fire Base Betty carry out maintenance on their gun durung a lull in fighting. The Gunners had a never ending battle against the tropical weather and its affect on the guns.photograph, 104 battery, fire base betty, long bein, tet offensive, gibbons collection catalogue, gunner

As the Communists in the North were gearing up for the Tet Offensive in the year to follow, the American military command was beginning to implement its evolving "pacification" program, while trying to make its search and destroy tactics more effective.vietnam war - 1961-1965 - campaigns, vietnam war (1961-1975) - united states, vietnam war (1961-1975) - australia, tet offensive

That the Vietnam War represents a watershed in American military and political history no one doubts.vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam - history, tet offensive, fall of south vietnam

That the Vietnam War represents a watershed in American military and political history no one doubts.vietnam war, 1961-1975, vietnam - history, tet offensive, fall of south vietnam

On 30 April 1975, the tanks of the People's Army of North Vietnam burst through the gates of Independence Palace in Saigon. The War was over.vietnam war (1961-1975), 1940-1975, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- australia, people's army of north vietnam, independence palace, fall of saigon, hanoi, president ngo dinh diem, tet offensive, president nixon, president thieu, general van tien dung

The Vietnam War was the watershed of American military and political power in the 20th century.vietnam war, 1961-1975, tet offensive

The Vietnam War was the watershed of American military and political power in the 20th century.vietnam war, 1961-1975, tet offensive

The Vietnam War was the watershed of American military and political power in the 20th century.vietnam war, 1961-1975, tet offensive

During the Tet Offensive in Vietnam in 1968, the war correspondent Frank Palmos and four other colleges were ambushed in Saigon by a squad of Viet Cong. His four colleges were killed; but by playing dead Palmos alone survived. These killings of unarmed civilians attracted worldwide publicity. vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- journalists -- biography, war correspondents -- australia -- biography, tet offensive, saigon, viet c, viet cong

The most gripping, terrifying, frightening, sad and then funny search for the Viet-Congvietnam war, 1961-1975 -- journalists -- biography, war correspondents -- australia -- biography, tet offensive, saigon, viet cong

The Vietnam War - America's firs "television war" - cost the lives of nearly 60,000 Americans and one and a half million Vietnamese from both the North and the South.vietnam war, 1961-1975, tet offensive, fall of saigon, u.s. army

The battle for Ap Bia Mountain, (Hill 937) Vietnam, 1969, became famous both for the dramatic and fierce battles involved and for the ensuing controversy in the media and on the floor of the United States Senate.ap bia (mountain) vietnam, united states senate, nva, hue, tet offensive, ho chi minh trail, 3d brigade, 101st airborne, 9th marine regiment, 3d arvn regiment, operation apache snow, a shau valley

Lt. Ray Flynn had been looking forward to this night for a long time.vietnam war - 1961-1975, us 173 airborne brigade, tet offensive, battle of saigon, khe sanh

Lt. Ray Flynn had been looking forward to this night for a long time.vietnam war - 1961-1975, us 173 airborne brigade, tet offensive, battle of saigon, khe sanh

The Vietnam War raged for ten years, and when it was over, 58,000 Americans lay dead. vietnam changed the consciousness of the military and the very nature of warfare thereafter.vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- participation, vietnam war, 1961-1975 -- personal narratives, battle of the ia drang valley, the seige of khe sanh, tet offensive, fall of saigon

After Tet is an absorbing and thought-provoking account of the military, political, and social forces that created the most bloody year of the Vietnam War.vietnam war, 1961-1975 - united states, tet offensive, khe sanh, may offensive, dai do, august offensive