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Search And Destroy

The second wave of combat helicopters of the 1st Air Cavalry Division fly over an RTO and his commander on an isolated landing zone during Operation Pershing, a search and destroy mission on the Bong Son Plain and An Lao Valley of South Vietnam, during the Vietnam War. The two American soldiers are waiting for the second wave to come in. (Photo by Patrick Christain/Getty Images)

Policemen struggle to hold back the surging tide of demonstrators pressing on the

Policemen struggle to hold back the surging tide of demonstrators pressing on the approach to the American Embassy in Grosvenor Square, London. Despite heroic efforts, the line gave and the mob broke through into the Square but were turned back from the Embassy. The crowd had marched on the building after an anti-Vietnam war rally in Trafalgar Square. Some of the demonstrators are wearing white paper headbands - the traditional Vietnamese sign of mourning.
17 march 1968

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A UH-1D helicopter from the 336th Aviation Company sprays a defoliation agent on a dense

527763 A UH-1D helicopter from the 336th Aviation Company sprays a defoliation agent on a dense jungle area in the Mekong Delta, 26 July 1969 (photo) by American Photographer; Universal History Archive/UIG; American, out of copyright

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