Amphibious landing at Vung Mu
Item
- Title
- Amphibious landing at Vung Mu
- Description
- Original caption: "Navy and Marine Raid Operations conducted at Vung Mu, Republic of Vietnam 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." An amphibious landing on a beach. There are lines of soldiers and several tanks making their way from the beach up a sandy hill.
- Is Format Of
- 363-03603.jpg
- Identifier
- 363-03603
- Date
- 1965
- Subject
- Vietnam War, 1961-1975; Amphibious operations; United States. Navy; United States. Marine Corps; Soldiers; Tanks (Military science); Amphibious assault ships
- Location
- Qui Nhơn, South Vietnam
- Coordinates
- 13.7830; 109.2197
- Physical Dimensions
- 20 x 25 cm
- Is Part Of
- B145, F12
- Format
- black-and-white prints (photographs)
- Is Required By
- MS 363
- Collection
- Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
- Creator
- Keever, Beverly Deepe
- Contributor
- Keever, Beverly Deepe
- Rights
- These images are for educational use only. To inquire about usage or publication, please contact Archives & Special Collections.
- Publisher
- Archives & Special Collections
- extracted text
- Item sets
- Keever
- Site pages
- 1965 photos
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