Lt. Johnny Libs, 2nd Platoon, Company C, 2nd Battalion,
16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, Vietnam, 1965.
Pictured is an M48 Patton tank used by 1st Squadron, 4th
Cavalry, 1st Infantry Division. The M48 was the primary tank used by the US
Army and Marine Corps during the Vietnam War.
A UH-1 helicopter lands 1st Battalion, 26th Infantry
Regiment, 1st Infantry Division troop. “Hueys”, as the helicopters were popularly
known, were used for MedEvac, command and control, and air assault; to transport
personnel and materiel; and as gunships in Vietnam.
Lt. Clark Welch and PFC Ben Dunn, Recon Platoon, 2nd
Battalion, 1st Infantry Division, with Viet Cong claymore mines, June 13,
1967.
Cobra gunship and UH-1 “Huey“ helicopters in Vietnam. The
AH-1 Cobra is an attack helicopter that was widely used in Vietnam . The
AH-1 is also sometimes referred to as the “Huey”, “Cobra” or “Snake.”
M60 machine gun. Soldiers from Company C, 2nd Battalion, 16th
Infantry, 1st Infantry Division moves an M60 machine gun from position to
advance on a sniper near Bien Hoa, Vietnam, October 4, 1965.