Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles (ACAVs) in Operation Junction City

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Digital Object Identifier: 363-02646
Title: Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles (ACAVs) in Operation Junction City
Description: Original caption: "Operation 'Junction City,' Vietnam - Armored Cavalry Assault Vehicles (ACAV's) of the 11th Armored Calvary Regiment prowl for Viet Cong troops in War Zone C during the fourth day of Operation 'Junction City,' Feb 26. The modified Armored Personnel Carrier are flanked by M60 machineguns and fire a .50 caliber machinegun forward. The fast moving, fast firing ACAV's carry a combat ready squad of Army troops, and have yet to be bested in a fight against enemy forces in Vietnam." Three tanks with soldiers riding on them drive through a foggy or dusty meadow. There is a forest in the background.
Date: 1965-1968, approximately
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Operation Junction City, 1967; Armored vehicles, Military; United States. Army; Soldiers
Location: South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8231; 106.6297
Size: 20 x 25 cm
Container: B146, F4
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Army
Collector: Keever, Beverly Deepe
Copyright Information: These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
Publisher: Archives & Special Collections
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