American soldiers inspect Russian-made enemy equipment

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Digital Object Identifier: 363-02913
Title: American soldiers inspect Russian-made enemy equipment
Description: Original caption: "Enemy clothing, personal equipment and Russian-made sighting device are inspected by U.S. Navy river patrol boat crewmen who captured them early this morning. Crewmen of the PBE-753 and PBR-754, based at Nha Be, eight miles South of Saigon, killed at least 15 enemy troops believed to have been involved in the rocket attack on U.S. Army airfield at Vung Tau, 35 miles southeast of Saigon." A group of American soldiers stand around a pile of clothing and equipment.
Date: 1968, Oct. 19
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Navy; Sailors; Riverine warfare; Enemy property; Fire control (Gunnery)--Optical equipment; Military uniforms; Soviet Union
Location: Saigon, South Vietnam
Coordinates: 10.8231; 106.6297
Size: 20 x 25 cm
Container: B143, F9
Format: black-and-white prints (photographs)
Collection Number: MS 363
Collection Title: Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator: United States. Navy
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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