The Vietnam war in the piercing pictures. Photo

Unique retro photos taken during the Vietnam war.

In March 1965 3.5 thousand us Marines landed in South Vietnam. This was the beginning of a terrible war that lasted a decade. By the end of the year in Vietnam were moved 185 thousand American soldiers, and by 1968 there were already half a million. The US wanted to establish its world domination by intervening in the conflict between young and North of the country, but faced stiff resistance to the army of the North and guerrilla groups. In this war, the Vietnamese people have suffered huge losses, managed to survive and forced States to go back home.

1. Prisoner interrogation

The commander of a battalion of troops in South Vietnam captain Thach Quyen threatened the use of violence captured North Vietnamese soldiers in the Mekong Delta in 1965.

2. Military instructor with the locals

American military instructor posing with a group of local residents in the vicinity of training camps in Central Vietnam, on 17 November 1962.

3. The self-immolation on the streets of Saigon

Buddhist monk, burning himself on the streets of Saigon in protest against the persecution of Buddhists by the South Vietnamese government, June 11, 1963.

4. South Vietnamese paratroopers

The South Vietnamese Marines, accompanied by 12 U.S. commandos landed from helicopters to implement a surprise RAID on a supply base and army of North Vietnam 62 km Northwest of Saigon, August 6, 1963.

5. A sabotage operation

Mortally wounded guerrillas of North Vietnam against the background passing by the South Vietnamese Marines, searches for insurgents in the Mekong Delta, 27 February 1964.

6. Casualties of war

Father holding the body of his child killed in front of South Vietnamese Rangers, looking at him from an armored personnel carrier, 19 March 1964.

7. The South Vietnamese Marines

South Vietnamese Marines will parachute with the American helicopters in the rice paddies during operations against the guerrillas of North Vietnam in the Mekong Delta in December 1964.

8. An airstrike of the U.S. air force

American attack aircraft Douglas a-1 Skyraider dropped bombs of Napalm bombs on the position of the troops of North Vietnam, 26 December 1964.

9. The attack on the camp

The helicopters of the US army supporting the attack South Vietnamese troops during their attack on the camp of the forces of North Vietnam, 25 kilometers from the Cambodian border in March 1965.

10. Marines U.S. Navy

Marines of the U.S. Navy landed on the beach near da Nang city in Central Vietnam on 10 April 1965.

11. A wounded comrade

South Vietnamese marine calms his friend, who was seriously wounded North Vietnamese guerrillas 12 km from Saigon, August 5, 1963.

12. The interrogation of a captured partisan

Military investigators in South Vietnam were being interrogated captured North Vietnamese guerrillas, March 28, 1965.

13. The explosion at the Embassy

Wounded lay on the street after a bomb explosion outside the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, March 30, 1965.

14. General William Westmoreland

General William Westmoreland during a visit to positions of the first battalion of the 16th regiment of the 2nd brigade of the first division USA near bien Hoa in 1965.

15. Strategic bomber B-52

The American strategic bomber B-52 dropped bombs on the position of the troops of North Vietnam in 56 km North-West from Saigon, November 2, 1965.

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