Political and military history of Indochina 1945- 1998.
Sai Gon, South Viet Nam
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Cambodia Prime Minister Gen Lon Nol at Pochentong airport outside Phnom Penh to greet Chief of State Cheng Heng on 2 November 1970
Soldiers of 1/46 196thBrigade Americal Division and APC from 1 Squadron 1st Armor Cavalry on aoperation near Hiep Duc 25 miles west of Tam Ky, November 1970
“All the Devils of Hell are against us” declared Madame Nhu who, along with her daughter Le Thuy, faced the press in Beverly Hill, CA after hearing of the coup on 1 November 1963
COUP: Rebel troops fire machine guns atop M-24 Chaffee tanks left over from French during battle at Presidential Place with Loyalist Diem forces in Saigon on afternoon of 1 November 1963
National Day parade in Saigon, 1 November 1966. The day was marred by a Viet Cong terrorist attack that killed eight; video 2:03
Wounded and dead in in Saigon after terrorist attack on National Day parade on 1 November 1966 marking third anniversary of overthrow of Diem. Viet Cong guerrillas fired 28 rounds of 75 mm recoilless rifle fire from east side of the Saigon River into crowds near the parade route
A soldier of 25th Infantry division fires M-79 grenade launcher during fire fight 25 miles northwest of Saigon on 31 October 1969
Marines of L/3/1 patrol in a downpour that dropped 35 inches of rain in a four-day period near Da Nang on 30 October 1968
A 'Zippo' boat ( a LCM-8 Mike boat modified to carry a flame thrower) lays down fire, 29 October 1968; video: Gary Moss Collection 2:08
Armorer pushes 750-lb bomb across flight deck to row of Skyhawk fighter bombers for a mission over North Vietnam, 28 October 1968
Photographer Kyoichi Sawada and Jesse Frosch of
@UPI were found dead in a paddy field along the highway on 29 October 1970, killed execution style by communist troops 20 miles south of Phnom Penh. Seven journalists were known dead and 24 others missing or captive in Cambodia
Soldiers of D/2/35 3rd brigade, 4th Infantry Division, recently transferred from 25th Infantry, observe artillery strikes 22 miles north of Duc Pho on 26 October 1967
"Fallen air pirate" Lt Commander John McCain being captured by Vietnamese civilians in Truc Bach lake near Red River in Hanoi on 26 October 1967
South Vietnamese soldiers pull back after VNAF planes bomb enemy positions 11 miles north of Saigon, 27 October 1972
Laotian Premier Souvanna Phouma, President Nixon, Henry Kissinger at the White House on 27 October 1972
