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.