M48A3 Patton tank

derivative filename/jpeg: 363-02731.jpg
Digital Object Identifier: 363-02731
Title: M48A3 Patton tank
Description: Original caption: "Operation 'Junction City,' Vietnam - An M48A3 (Patton) tank of the 11th Armored Cavalry Regiment rampages through rice paddies in search of Viet Cong troops being routed by the U.S. Army's multi-divisional sweep of War Zone 'C'. Code named 'Junction City' the current sweep is the largest operation of the conflict in Vietnam." An American tank crossing an open field.
Date: 1967, Mar. 7
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Army; Soldiers; Operation Junction City, 1967; M48 (Tank); Rice; Tanks (Military science)
Location: South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8231; 106.6297
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
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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