M48 Tankers

derivative filename/jpeg: 363-02736.jpg
Digital Object Identifier: 363-02736
Title: M48 Tankers
Description: Original caption: "Suoi Da, Vietnam - Headed back to their battlefield base camp near this South Vietnamese village, M48 tankers of 34th Armor give a lift to a base camp-bound infantry squad. The tankers and their ground-trooping passengers are taking part in Operation 'Junction City,' the U.S. Army's multi-division sweep of War Zone 'C.' More than 1,100 enemy have been killed so far during the hard-hitting Army sweep and clear operation." American soldiers sitting on top of a tank driving through the jungle.
Date: 1967, Mar. 21
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Army; Soldiers; M48 (Tank); Operation Junction City, 1967; Jungle warfare
Location: Suối Đá, South Vietnam
Coordinates: 11.4035; 106.2758
Size: 20 x 25 cm
Container: B146, F3
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
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Publisher: Archives & Special Collections
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