Dropping 4.2 inch mortar round into mortar on 3rd Squadron 4th Cavalry M84 during Operation Cedar Falls
On 8 January 1967 Troop "B" 3rd Squadron 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division joined in Operation Cedar Falls as a blocking force along the Saigon River in the Filhol Plantation approx approximately 12 miles north west of Cu Chi, the base camp, which is 27 miles north west of Saigon. SP/4 Jean H. Keys (Bentonville, Arkansas) assistant gunner drops a round into the 4.2 inch mortar, M84, during a fire mission on enemy targets. NARA 111-CCV-345-CC38105
- Date
- 1967-01-17
- Photographer / author
- SP5 Robert C. Lafoon
- Archive
- Wikimedia Commons
- Type
- image
- Original size
- 1,861 × 1,443 pixels
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