War of Attrition

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War of Attrition

Images and Videos of one of the least popular wars the United States ever conducted... All for the protection of its allies from the Communists invaders. Greatness and Evil has come from this conflict as well as many lessons learned by both sides fighting it.

  • B-52

    B-52

    Tagged: vietnam war rolling thunder b-52 bombs

    Posted on December 11, 2010 with 1 note

  • The Last Helicopter out of Saigon before it finally fell to the NVA

    The Last Helicopter out of Saigon before it finally fell to the NVA

    Tagged: Vietnam War Saigon Huey Helicopter Fall Vietnamese

    Posted on December 9, 2010 with 1 note

  • whole line of PBR’s at a dock

    whole line of PBR’s at a dock

    Tagged: PBR Vietnam War War Brown Water Navy Boats

    Posted on December 9, 2010 with 1 note

  • PBR 

    PBR 

    Tagged: Vietnam War River PBR water Brown Water Navy Navy

    Posted on December 9, 2010

  • 
M-112-2 alongside the USS Colleton (APB 36) in 1968, Photo by PHC Dan Dodd, and courtesy Albert Moore and the MRFA.

    M-112-2 alongside the USS Colleton (APB 36) in 1968, Photo by PHC Dan Dodd, and courtesy Albert Moore and the MRFA.


    Tagged: Monitor Vietnam War Brown Water Navy Navy River Boat

    Posted on December 9, 2010

  • Helmets, rifles and jungle boots tell a grim tale of the action fought by the 1st Brigade, 101st airborne paratroopers in Operation Wheeler near Chu Lai. This battlefield memorial honors the soldiers killed during the offensive between September 11th and November 25th, 1967. 

    Helmets, rifles and jungle boots tell a grim tale of the action fought by the 1st Brigade, 101st airborne paratroopers in Operation Wheeler near Chu Lai. This battlefield memorial honors the soldiers killed during the offensive between September 11th and November 25th, 1967. 

    Tagged: Vietnam War KIA Remember the Fallen Chu Lai Soldiers

    Posted on December 9, 2010 with 4 notes

  • The charred remains of a Viet Cong soldier lie amid rubble in street where a U.S. Marine stands on the alert for further confrontations with Communist forces. Hue, South Vietnam, February 17, 1968. 

    The charred remains of a Viet Cong soldier lie amid rubble in street where a U.S. Marine stands on the alert for further confrontations with Communist forces. Hue, South Vietnam, February 17, 1968. 

    Tagged: Vietnam War Viet Cong Remains Burned Hue South Vietnam War

    Posted on December 9, 2010 with 5 notes

  • The pilot of a US Cobra helicopter at Dau Tieng Vietnam, 1969. The stickers on his helmet read: “Bomb Saigon Now” - “Bomb Hanoi Now” - “Bomb Disneyland Now” - “Bomb Everything”. 

    The pilot of a US Cobra helicopter at Dau Tieng Vietnam, 1969. The stickers on his helmet read: “Bomb Saigon Now” - “Bomb Hanoi Now” - “Bomb Disneyland Now” - “Bomb Everything”. 

    Tagged: Vietnam War Pilot Cobra Bomb

    Posted on December 9, 2010

  • An U.S. soldier looks up in the sky for the helicopter which is supposed to evac his troops from a hot LZ.

    An U.S. soldier looks up in the sky for the helicopter which is supposed to evac his troops from a hot LZ.

    Tagged: Vietnam War Jungle Soldiers Evac Wounded

    Posted on December 9, 2010 with 3 notes

  • A U.S. Navy Seal Team One member, his face camouflaged with colored grease paint, watches patiently for any sign of enemy activity during a search and destroy operation in one of the Mekong Delta’s swamp jungles, 1968. 

    A U.S. Navy Seal Team One member, his face camouflaged with colored grease paint, watches patiently for any sign of enemy activity during a search and destroy operation in one of the Mekong Delta’s swamp jungles, 1968. 

    Tagged: Navy SEAL Vietnam War Mekong Delta M60

    Posted on December 9, 2010

  • Monk Burning Himself in the streets on Saigon

    Monk Burning Himself in the streets on Saigon

    Tagged: Vietnam War Monk Burning Saigon South Vietnam Protest

    Posted on December 9, 2010 with 3 notes

  • South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brig Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a single pistol shot in the head in Saigon, Vietnam on Feb. 1, 1968. The photo, by photojournalist Eddie Adams, became one of the Vietnam’s War’s most indelible images, winning a Pultizer Prize in 1969

    South Vietnamese National Police Chief Brig Gen. Nguyen Ngoc Loan executes a Viet Cong officer with a single pistol shot in the head in Saigon, Vietnam on Feb. 1, 1968. The photo, by photojournalist Eddie Adams, became one of the Vietnam’s War’s most indelible images, winning a Pultizer Prize in 1969

    Tagged: War of Attrition Vietnam War Execution Violence Pulitzer Price

    Posted on December 9, 2010 with 1 note

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