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Swarming out of an Amtrak and into the surf, Leathernecks of the Seventh Marines storm ashore under cover of overhead fire. The beach is mined and sniper fire is coming from the tree line. 1965

Edgy and winded after sprinting hard across the open beach under fire, assault troops hold up for a few seconds at the first patch of high ground. Then the NCOs pass the word to Move Out!

A wounded Marine is carried to an evacuation helicopter.

Bone-weary troops rest in an Amtrak after the beachhead is secured. Marines fought from dawn until dark in temperatures up to 130 degrees on just two canteens of water per man.

A Vietnamese woman clutches her wounded and blood-drenched child.

The mother of the wounded baby, numbed by shock, was guided like a blind person out of the battle zone.

A US Marine holding an injured Vietnamese child.

The Marine runs with the child to get medical help.

An American medic takes care of wounded children.

American soldier trying to comfort a little girl with a doll.

A Marine leading a sweep into a fortified village pushes a woman aside so that he will have an unobstructed field of fire. 1965

Within the village, children shrink from a scout hunting the V.C. who strike from tunnels under huts.

American soldiers wade through marshy area during the Vietnam War, 1965.

A platoon of US Marines on patrol. 1965

A Vietcong prisoner who was flushed out from his underground position is guarded by a Marine.

His mouth and eyes are taped so he can neither yell for help nor spot friendly positions as he is taken back to a P.O.W. compound.

Four-year-old refugee, belly swollen by malnutrition, puts away chicken and noodles from a can of C-rations.

Exhausted Marines taking a short rest.

An American 1st Air Cavalry helicopter airlifts supplies into a Marine outpost during Operation Pegasus in Vietnam in 1968.

A grieving widow cries over a plastic bag containing remains of her husband which were found in mass grave. 1968.

North Vietnamese tanks a few miles from Saigon on their way to Độc Lập Palace. 1975

A CIA employee helps Vietnamese evacuees onto an Air America helicopter from the top of 22 Gia Long Street, a half mile from the U.S. Embassy.

Citizens scale the wall of the U.S. Embassy in Saigon, trying to get to the helicopter pickup zone.

A weeping South Vietnamese mother and her three children are plucked out of Saigon by U.S. Marine helicopters in Vietnam.

U.S. Navy personnel push a helicopter into the sea off the coast of Vietnam in order to make room for more evacuation flights from Saigon.

A North Vietnamese tank rolls through the gate of the Presidential Palace in Saigon, signifying the fall of South Vietnam.