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Paratroopers in Vietnam Make a Historic Leap

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50 Years Later: A Wife’s War at Home

Wounded Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeremiah Purdie (center, with bandaged head) reaches toward a stricken comrade after a fierce firefight south of the DMZ, Vietnam, October 1966. history

Powerful Portraits of Vietnam: Larry Burrows’ ‘Reaching Out,’ 1966

Calvin R. Patrick, 18, Army, Pfc., Houston, Texas history

Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week’s Toll, June 1969

Lance Cpl. James C. Farley, helicopter crew chief, Vietnam, 1965. history

Sudden Death in Vietnam: ‘One Ride With Yankee Papa 13’

December 5, 1969 issue of LIFE Magazine history

American Atrocity: Remembering My Lai

Machine gunner in helicopter on patrol over the Mekong Delta in 1967. history

1967: Pictures From a Pivotal Year

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