Recon Platoon of the 2nd Mechanized Battalion, 47th Infantry, in Long Binh

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Digital Object Identifier: 363-02686
Title: Recon Platoon of the 2nd Mechanized Battalion, 47th Infantry, in Long Binh
Description: Original caption: "Direct Hit - Enemy position in village near II Field Force, Vietnam, Headquarters, Long Binh, is set ablaze by tracer rounds fired by the Recon Platoon of the 2d Mechanized Battalion, 47th Infantry during Jan. 31 battle. The 9th Infantry Division force accounted for 50 enemy bodies and 10 detainees." American soldiers sit on top of a US Army tank amongst a pile of debris. Another soldier with a gun appears to be using the tank for cover. The background is obscured by smoke or fog.
Date: 1967, approximate
Subject: Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Vietnam War, 1961-1975--Reconnaissance operations; Incendiary weapons; United States. Army; Tanks (Military science)
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
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Publisher: Archives & Special Collections