United States in the Vietnam War
The role of the United States in the Vietnam War began soon after the Second World War and escalated into full commitment during the Vietnam War (1956-1975).
United States In The Vietnam War Media
Combat operations at Ia Drang Valley, Vietnam, November 1965. Major Bruce P. Crandall's UH-1D helicopter climbs skyward after discharging a load of infantrymen on a search and destroy mission.
U.S. Army UH-1D helicopters airlift members of a U.S. infantry regiment, 1966
U.S. Army Huey helicopter spraying Agent Orange over agricultural land in Vietnam during its herbicidal warfare campaign
Commandant of the Marine Corps Wallace Greene (left), III MAF commander General Robert Cushman (center), and General Westmoreland (right).
U.S. F-105 aircraft dropping bombs.
U.S. aircraft bombs VC positions in 1965.
President Lyndon B. Johnson in Vietnam, 1967
President Johnson conferring with South Vietnamese President Nguyễn Văn Thiệu in July 1968.
U.S. Army photo of Vietnamese civilians killed during the My Lai massacre.
President Johnson in conversation with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Earle Wheeler (center) and General Creighton Abrams (right).
