Keever- Viet Cong

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• Red School: Recruit to Guerilla
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about a defector recounting Việt Cộng recruitment and training, page unknown
• The Red Noose Around Saigon
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about the Communist encirclement attempts around Saigon
• Cong Propagandizes Rice Paddies
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about rice paddy politics, page 5
• Marines' Great Effort: Securing Da Nang
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about securing the area around Đà Nẵng Air Base and the difficulties the Marine Corps faced due to guerilla warfare
• Big Cong HQ Captured After Foe Has Fled
  Article about the capture of a Việt Cộng guerrilla base in Hố Bò Woods, for the New York Herald Tribune
• Yanks Open-Road Policy in Cong Areas
  Article about U.S. anti-guerrilla warfare operations from the Phước Vĩnh Base Camp, for the New York Herald Tribune
• Reds Capture U.S. Pilot; Cong Ambush
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about the claims by Communist forces that an American pilot had been captured and that allied forces illegally attacked Cambodia. Communist forces had used the attack on Cambodia as a reason for an ambush of Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) forces by the Việt Cộng, page unknown
• Viet Cong Wedding in the Jungle
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about the marriage of a Việt Cộng soldier and nurse, page 2
• Viet Cong Make Like Moles
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about the Việt Cộng's use of tunnels and foxholes to assist in their guerilla warfare, page unknown
• Article about well-camouflaged tunnels, entrenchments, and foxholes
  Original title: "Tunnel", Keever's title: "'Digging Trenches Is More Important Than Eating,' Communist Defector Reveals of Allies Woes", article about well-camouflaged tunnels, entrenchments, and foxholes
• Vietnam Report I: Witty Guerrillas Fight So Hard
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about the reasons behind the tenacity of the Việt Cộng, page 12
• Viet Cong's 'Kill' List: U.S. Advisers at Top
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about the hit list of the Việt Cộng, page 12
• The Monopoly Game
  Fourth of a seven article series called "Why Vietnam" analyzing the importance of the Vietnam War in world politics. This article focuses on political strategies, for the New York Herald Tribune
• Viet - Measuring An 'Invasion'
  Article published in the New York Herald Tribune about the potential infiltration of the South Vietnamese Army by North Vietnam, page 2
• Article about a Saigon Christmas Eve bombing
  Original title: "blast", Keever's title: "Terrorist Attack on U.S. Billet makes a black Christmas", article about a Saigon Christmas Eve terrorist bombing, published by the New York Herald Tribune
• Loading captured Viet Cong rice in helicopter
  Original caption: "Operation 'Baker,' Near Duc Pho, Vietnam - Troops of 25th Infantry Division, load captured Viet Cong rice aboard a UH-1D helicopter transportation to Vietnamese villagers. The rice was captured during an action conducted by U.S. Army elements of Task Force 'Oregon.'" American soldiers unloading sacks from an Army helicopter in a field.
• Sgt. Ramon Thomas crosses jungle stream with air mattress
  Original caption: "Khanh Duong, Vietnam - Sgt. Ramon Thomas, 1st Brigade, 101st Airborne Division, crosses a jungle stream by air mattress moments after a brief firefight with the Viet Cong during Operation Summerall. The enemy, however, escaped through a series of tunnels on the other side of the stream, Sgt. Thomas learned later." An American soldier in the water. He is holding an inflated raft and a rope is tied around his waist.
• Captured Viet Cong munitions
  Original caption: "Captured Munitions - During heavy attack on Long Binh post Jan. 31, the 9th Infantry Division's 2d Mechanized Battalion, 47th Infantry, were credited with over 200 enemy kills and 32 detainees. Weapons captured, some of which are shown above, were 26 AK-47 automatic rifles, 16 light machineguns, 24 RPG-2 rocket launchers, 12 RPG-7 rocket launchers, two .51 caliber machineguns, three 9mm ChiCom pistols, one RPK-2 light machinegun, four carbines and two 60mm mortars. Also captured were food, medical supplies, packs and clothing." Weapons and military supplies are spread across the ground, including guns, missile or grenade launchers, grenades, and rolls of cloth (possibly tents). Six American soldiers stand or kneel in the background.
• Royal Australian officer smokes in a Viet Cong classroom
  Original caption: "Royal Australian officer has a smoke in a Viet Cong classroom discovered during Operation Crimp 35 miles North of Saigon. The holes to his left are entrances to a nine-miles maze of tunnels that honeycombed the area. A search of the tunnel complex revealed many weapons, several tons of rice and thousands or rounds of ammunition. Included in the cache was recoilless rifle, a mortar, 59 individual weapons, 20 automatic weapons, 25,560 rounds of the small arms ammunition, and assorted clothing and personal equipment. The walls of the classroom were 3-6 inches thick concrete. Royal Australian Engineers destroyed most of the tunnel complex." An Australian soldier sits in a house without a roof. Furniture and debris is scattered around him.
• Royal Australian platoon sergeant removes Viet Cong tunnel cover
  Original caption: "A Royal Australian platoon sergeant removes sand-filled aluminum dishpan that was used by the Viet Cong to hide the entrance to a supply tunnel. The tunnel, about ten feet deep, had documents, clothing and equipment. The hole was found when a soldier was detailed to dig a refuse hole. His first strike hit the rim of the wash pan, 'Which gave him quite a start,' said his company commander." Australian soldier kneeling in a forest, lifting a lid from a tunnel.
• Paratroopers load captured rice into armor personnel carriers
  Original caption: "Vong Can Dia, Vietnam - Paratroopers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade load captured Viet Cong rice into armor personnel carriers. The troopers captured a rice cache about 12 miles North of Vo Dot after a fierce fire fight with the Viet Cong." Two American soldiers pour rice out of a basket.
• Captured Viet Cong weapons
  Original caption: "Picture of Communist guerrilla weapons captured at a battle on Oct. 16, 1964 Cam-Lo, Quang Tri province." A group of Vietnamese soldiers stand around a table of weapons and artillery.
• Dead Vietnamese man
  A group of Vietnamese soldiers stand in a group and look down at dead Vietnamese man in the grass. The photo labels him as a Viet aCong fighter, although it is unclear whether this is accurate.
• American civilian workers freed from the Viet Cong
  Original caption: "Edwin D. Jones (second from left), Henry Hudson (second from right), American civilian workers, and Mr. Soong (right) are greeted by Major General Jonathon O. Seaman, commanding general 1st Infantry Division shortly after being freed from Viet Cong near Di An. The men were taken prisoner Monday and forced to march nearly eight miles before an ambush patrol from the 2nd Battalion, 16th Infantry trapped in the VC escort. A fourth civilian was killed by the VC." An American soldier, two American men, and a Vietnamese man stand together in front of a tent.
• Parts from 75mm "Pack" howitzers
  Original caption: "In Our Hands - Parts from four 75mm "Pack" howitzers, the first artillery pieces captured by U.S. forces in Vietnam, are displayed at a 9th Infantry Division fire support base. The weapons, discovered 30 miles east of Saigon on Oct. 14, were found near a tunnel complex that contained more than 500 enemy weapons." A group of American soldiers stand around a pile of broken machines and weapons. In the background there is barbed wire, a sandbag wall, and tents.