Tanks landing on beach, Navy/Marine Amphibious Operations
Item
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derivative filename/jpeg
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363-01269.jpg
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Digital Object Identifier
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363-01269
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Title
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Tanks landing on beach, Navy/Marine Amphibious Operations
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Description
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Original caption: "Navy and Marine amphibious raid operations conducted at Vung Mu, Republic of Viet Nam on September 25 1965. In a coordinated dawn attack the Seventh Fleet Amphibious Task Group landed Marines by landing craft, vehicles and helicopter to search for and destroy Viet Cong supplies, troops and possible infiltration points on a peninsula, 15 miles South of Qui Nhon. Marine landing armored vehicles of the first assault wave climb up sand dunes at Vung Mu, while fourth wave LCMS touchdown on the beach. Official Navy photo by R.E. Baldwin, PH2." Caravan of tanks winding up hilly Vung Mu coast.
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Date
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1965, Sep. 25
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Subject
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Vietnam War, 1961-1975; United States. Navy; Aircraft carriers; Amphibious operations; Mặt trận dân tộc giải phóng miền nam Việt Nam; Landing operations
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Location
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Vung Mu, South Vietnam
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Coordinates
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10.8231; 106.6297
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Size
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25 x 20 cm
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Container
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B145, F12
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Format
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black-and-white prints (photographs)
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Collection Number
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MS 363
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Collection Title
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Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
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Creator
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Baldwin, R. E.
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Collector
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Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Copyright Information
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These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
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Publisher
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Archives & Special Collections
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