173rd at Dak To
This artwork decorates the cover of the 173rd Airborne Brigade's report on the 1967 Battle of Dak To in Vietnam.
A break in the action
In this 1969 photograph, Private First Class Russell R. Widdifield of 3rd Platoon, Company M, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, takes a break 25 miles north of An...
A surprise visit
In December 1967, President Lyndon B. Johnson paid a surprise visit to South Vietnam to raise troop morale. In this photograph the President poses with nurses at a...
A young Marine waiting
A young Marine waits on the beach during the Marine landing at Da Nang, Vietnam, on August 3, 1965.
Accepting his honor
On December 2, 1969, the widow of Army Staff Sergeant Clifford Sims accepted the Medal of Honor on her husband’s behalf from Vice President Spiro Agnew. SSG Sims...
Almost free
John McCain, a naval aviator, was shot down and captured by the North Vietnamese while flying a bombing mission on October 26, 1967. Held for five and a half years,...
"…and everybody froze"
In this eyewitness statement, three radio telephone operators describe how Staff Sergeant Clifford Sims saved the lives of all the soldiers in the area. Sims was...