Vietnam War photos
Photographs of the Vietnam War taken by US Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force photographers: patrols, helicopter assaults, river patrol boats, air strikes and bases.
Why they are free to use: Photos taken by US service members on duty are US government works, not protected by copyright in the US. Each photo's page shows its own licence basis and a credit line.
On patrol
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Vietnam. Members of the 1st ARVN Division move along a trail during an assault operation near Fire Support Base O'Reilly.
1970-10-08 · U.S. National Archives
NARA photo 111-CCV-555-CC31497
1966-02-19 · Wikimedia Commons
M-48 Patton tank in Vietnam 1969
1969-06 · Wikimedia Commons
Members of the 3rd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division cross a stream during Operation Baker
1967-06-10 · Wikimedia Commons
Kit Carson Scout attached to Company B, 1st Battalion, 27th Infantry on patrol
1970-08-21 · Wikimedia Commons
2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division troops advance through a rubber plantation
1966-02-10 · Wikimedia Commons
NARA photo 111-CCV-619-CC53195
1968-01-22 · Wikimedia Commons
Company B, 27th Infantrymen on patrol
1966-02-10 · Wikimedia Commons
Helicopters
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1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry troopers unload from a UH-1
1966-12-10 · U.S. National Archives
UH-1C gunships go through a maneuver called the Robin Hood Break, before landing at Lai Khe
1967-08-22 · Wikimedia Commons
UH-1Ds from the 175th Aviation Company (Assault Helicopter) approach a landing zone
1970-07-26 · Wikimedia Commons
U.S. Army UH-1H Hueys insert ARVN troops at Khâm Đức, Vietnam, 12 July 1970
1970-07-12 · U.S. National Archives
Blue Team 1st Squadron 9th Cavalry 1st Air Cav troops dismount
1967-04-24 · Wikimedia Commons
UH-1D comes in for a landing at Fire Support Base Pat
1970-02-16 · Wikimedia Commons
UH-1Ds of the 1st Squadron, 9th Cavalry conduct an air assault during Operation Pershing, July 1967
1967-07-28 · Wikimedia Commons
NARA 111-CCV-569-CC44324 4th Infantry Division helicopter assault from UH-1 1967
1967-10-26 · U.S. National Archives
River boats
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PCFs escort Harbor Clearance Unit 1 combat salvage boats up the Cua Lon river to old Nam Can
1969-07-01 · Wikimedia Commons
PBR leaves the dock at Go Dau Ha
1969-09-22 · Wikimedia Commons
US Navy PBR Mark II near Nha Be
1968-01-01 · Wikimedia Commons
River Assault and Interdiction Division ASPB and ATC en route to Nha Be
1969-06-16 · Wikimedia Commons
US Navy minesweepers on the Long Tau channel
1967-11-01 · Wikimedia Commons
A Swift boat patrols the Long Tau River
1966-12-09 · U.S. National Archives
PBRs in Dam Cau Hai bay
1968-08-10 · Wikimedia Commons
PACV in the Mekong Delta
1968-12-01 · Wikimedia Commons
Air war
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F-4Cs RB-66C bombing Vietnam 1966
1966-08 · Wikimedia Commons
U.S. Air Force McDonnell F-4C Phantom II fighters refuel
1966 · Wikimedia Commons
F-100 35th TFW attacking target in Vietnam Sep 1969
1969-09 · Wikimedia Commons
Canberra B20 2 Sqn RAAF over Vietnam 1970
1970-03 · Wikimedia Commons
Bombing in Vietnam
1966-06-14 · U.S. National Archives
A-4F VA-55 with bombs over Vietnam c1970
1970–1971 · Wikimedia Commons
North American F-100D Super Sabre drops napalm in Vietnam, circa in 1968
c. 1968 · U.S. National Archives
Douglas A-1E Skyraiders attack a target in South Vietnam, circa in 1965
c. 1965 · Wikimedia Commons
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