VIETNAM Wartime Photos (1969 and afterwards)
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Saigon, South Vietnam --- Women and children run from the road as the (USAID) compound burns in the background on the northern edge of the capital. Communist gunners tightened the noose on Saigon 4/28 on three sides and within 5-miles of Saigon blocking Highway 1, in and out of here. VietCong commandos were holed up near this compound, government troops were unable to oust the dug-in guerrillas. Most of the compound was burned in the fighting. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS
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Saigon, South Vietnam --- Women and children run from the road as the (USAID) compound burns in the background on the northern edge of the capital. Communist gunners tightened the noose on Saigon 4/28 on three sides and within 5-miles of Saigon blocking Highway 1, in and out of here. VietCong commandos were holed up near this compound, government troops were unable to oust the dug-in guerrillas. Most of the compound was burned in the fighting. --- Image by © Bettmann/CORBIS