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PAGE 2: The shadow cast by this giant C-130 Hercules’ wing gives the troops of the 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile) a brief respite from the Vietnamese sun as they wait to be airlifted from Plei Orong to their home base at An Khe in April 1966. PAGE 3 : Protests against the war in Washington, D.C. on April 24, 1971. RIGHT : A search-and-destroy mission, conducted in Operation Oregon, by an infantry platoon of Troop B, 1st Reconaissance Squadron, 9th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division (Airmobile), 2 miles (3km) west of Duc Pho, Quang Ngai province. Troops leave an armored UH- 1B helicopter to move out in search of a suspected Viet Cong outpost. April 1967. PAGE 6 : A typical U.S. infantryman, equipped with his M16 rifle in South Vietnam.

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