NARA 111-CCV-619-CC43158 101st Airborne 81 mm mortar crew firing a round Operation Wheeler 1967
From a mountain top, the crew of the 81mm mortar section, 2nd Battalion, 327th Infantry, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division fired mortar rounds at Viet Cong targets. The mortar crew provided fire support for other 327th infantry units conducting search and destroy missions. The 327th was participating in Operation “Wheeler” in areas around Tam Ky, Republic of Vietnam.
- Date
- 1967-09-15
- Photographer / author
- Photographer SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, Department of the Army Special Photo Office (DASPO)
- Archive
- U.S. National Archives (via Wikimedia Commons)
- Type
- photograph
- Original size
- 3,240 × 2,172 pixels
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"NARA 111-CCV-619-CC43158 101st Airborne 81 mm mortar crew firing a round Operation Wheeler 1967" (1967-09-15). Photographer SP5 Robert C. Lafoon, Department of the Army Special Photo Office (DASPO). U.S. National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NARA_111-CCV-619-CC43158_101st_Airborne_81_mm_mortar_crew_firing_a_round_Operation_Wheeler_1967.jpgNeed photos for a whole script? Add Find Any Photo to Claude and ask for this one by its id: 55605.
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