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Vietnam: U.S. Air Force bombs create a curtain of flying shrapnel and debris barely 200 feet beyond the perimeter of Khe

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Vietnam: U.S. Air Force bombs create a curtain of flying shrapnel and debris barely 200 feet beyond the perimeter of Khe Sanh during the siege of the U.S. Marine base, March 1968. Photo by Nguyen Ngoc Hang ARVN CC BY-SA 3.0 License Khe Sanh is the district capital of HÆáng Hoa District, Quáºng Trá Province, Vietnam, located 63 km west of Äà ng Hà .br/br/ Khe Sanh Combat Base was a United States Marine Corps outpost in South Vietnam MGRS 48QXD850418 used during the Vietnam War. The airstrip was built in September 1962. Fighting began there in late April of 1967 known as the Hill Fights , which later expanded into the 1968 Battle of Khe Sanh. U.S. commanders hoped that the North Vietnamese Army would attempt to repeat thei Copyright: xNguyenxNgocxHangxARVNxCCxBY-SxPicturesxFromxHistoryx

Date

01 janv. 1968

Crédit

Photo12/Imago/CPA Media

Notre référence

MGO25A04_296

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Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

49,6Mo (1,0Mo) / 40,6cm x 30,6cm / 4800 x 3609 (300dpi)

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