Tet Offensive

[goldman]

http://www.mclwestchester.org/photogallery/photos/mj2.jpg
http://www.learnhistory.org.uk/vietnam/hujhe-under-fire-small.jpg
http://www.millikin.edu/history/civilconflict/images/tetexecution.jpg
http://www.millikin.edu/history/civilconflict/images/nva.jpg
http://www.military-page.de/waffen/colt/m16/bild_m16_04.jpg
http://klabs.org/richcontent/MAPLDCon02/exhibits/apollo_pictorial/pictures/marines1.jpg
http://currahee.hispeed.com/images/saspatrol.jpg
http://www.combattrackerteam.org/tet68A.jpg
http://www.campbell.army.mil/1502/images/fire_fight.jpg
http://www.campbell.army.mil/1502/images/namrto.jpg
http://www.campbell.army.mil/1502/images/101mg.jpg
http://www.motorcycle.com/mo/mccontrib/03_MJS_Ouch/.full/Mike-Vietnam.jpg
http://www.wfu.edu/academics/history/StudentWork/fysprojects/bhalfhill/grunts.jpg
http://home.nordnet.fr/~dbasselet/images_jpeg/bataillesaigon.jpg
http://www.csvt.qc.ca/patriotes/pei/projetsperso/vietnam/imageFUL.JPG
http://lion.mnu.edu/~jhartran/Vietnam-ph2.jpg
http://lion.mnu.edu/~jhartran/aegis.jpg
[img]http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,256563,00.jpg
[img]http://www.pixunlimited.co.uk/sys-images/Guardian/Millennium/General/1999/12/14/Vietnam.jpg

[Operation Ivy]

nice pics woot

[Joshisonfire]

Anyone here knows the story behind the 3th pic...I've seen it countless times yet have no idea what it's all about.

[MEGR]

Anyone here knows the story behind the 3th pic...I've seen it countless times yet have no idea what it's all about.

The third pic referring to the dude shooting the other dude in the head w/a revolver. That pic shows an infamous ARVN General executing a captured vietcong soldier. He had a reputation for being an alcoholic, and in that pic, not having too much common sense.

[Howitz]

haha 3th......anyway
http://www.treefort.org/~cbdoten/rvntanks/080-4450.htm
the guy with the revolver was a S. Vietnamese General, and the guy being shot was a VC prisoner

[MEGR]

His name is Nguyen Ngoc Loan.

Here's more info on him.. Funny he moved to America after the NVA, and Cong took over South Vietnam.

http://www.treefort.org/~cbdoten/rvntanks/080-4450.htm

[Dennis G]

This is one of my favorites

http://klabs.org/richcontent/MAPLDCon02/exhibits/apollo_pictorial/pictures/marines1.jpg

[Joshisonfire]

Ah...thanks Devgru77 and Howitz.

[Bombtrack]

Excellent pictures

[East]

yea mine too dennis, my bro had that as his desktop pic for months a while back.

[Rincewind]

http://home.nordnet.fr/~dbasselet/images_jpeg/bataillesaigon.jpg

Is there an ontos in the background?

[Javehn]

Hmm..Nice pictures .

One of the pictures there is an attack and infiltration on US embassy

[goldman]

http://lion.mnu.edu/~jhartran/Vietnam-ph2.jpg
Can someone id the scope on m16?

[aartamen]

Is the guy standing in the second shot from the top firing a BAR?

[MEGR]

http://home.nordnet.fr/~dbasselet/images_jpeg/bataillesaigon.jpg

Is there an ontos in the background?

Looks like it.. This pic is prob taken in Hue? Maybe I'm wrong.

More info on Ontos

http://www.militaryphotos.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=18598&highlight=

[MEGR]

Is the guy standing in the second shot from the top firing a BAR?

No. It's an M60.

[MEGR]

http://lion.mnu.edu/~jhartran/Vietnam-ph2.jpg
Can someone id the scope on m16?

I think those are the early starlite scopes used for night operations. Of course iit doesn't look to dark in the pic.

[RuSoKaR]

wow those are really awesome picts woot

btw I heared that there were a lot of cases where US troops were killing Vietkong without any trial.

As there was one thing a reported heared when he was on a chopper, machine gunner was firing and reported said "How do you know if the person that you are shooting at is a Vietkong?"
and soldier replied:
"A person who stands is a well trained Vietkong, the person who runs is a bad Vietkong"

[flickme]

This is one of my favorites
http://klabs.org/richcontent/MAPLDCon02/exhibits/apollo_pictorial/pictures/marines1.jpg
Mine too.

[Herrmannek]

This is one of my favorites
http://klabs.org/richcontent/MAPLDCon02/exhibits/apollo_pictorial/pictures/marines1.jpg
Mine too.

Yup.. One of the best from that war i've seen

[sas-magoo]

As there was one thing a reported heared when he was on a chopper, machine gunner was firing and reported said "How do you know if the person that you are shooting at is a Vietkong?"
and soldier replied:
"A person who stands is a well trained Vietkong, the person who runs is a bad Vietkong"

lol rofl

thats from a movie ..... Full Metal Jacket .

rofl

[sinblox]

http://lion.mnu.edu/~jhartran/Vietnam-ph2.jpg
Can someone id the scope on m16?

I'm pretty sure those are high powered binoculars being used beside (to the left) of the m16. The m16 appears to have iron sights.

A scope that big would make the m16 really inaccurate for the range that scope would allow, unless it had a bipod. That m16 seems to be standard issue, no bipod.

[Retard]

I'm pretty sure those are high powered binoculars being used beside (to the left) of the m16. The m16 appears to have iron sights.

A scope that big would make the m16 really inaccurate for the range that scope would allow, unless it had a bipod. That m16 seems to be standard issue, no bipod.

I'm think those are night vision scopes called PVS-2 (Starlights)
http://home.earthlink.net/~cqbdriver/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/m16starlight.jpg

[StukaJr]

http://www.millikin.edu/history/civilconflict/images/tetexecution.jpg

To add more - the executed Viet Cong in the picture was responcible for deaths of close friends (soldiers I belive) of the ARVN general performing the execution. So the execution carried more of a personal vendetta than just random killing of a prisoner.

The ARVN general did flee to the US and I belive resides somewhere in the Valley, in California... There is a follow up picture of him, some twenty years later - sitting in a pizza parlor he owns and opperates - strangely enough, he hardly aged...

[SFontaine]

The picture is so infamous because the Vietcong scumbag looks like a poor innocent civilian and General Loan looks like an angry, violent rebel sort of guy.

[MEGR]

To quote my former manager at the Deli, a tank driver during the '68 offensive. His words about Tet were simply, "It Sucked."

[MEGR]

If you don't mind Goldman, I would like to add more pics.

http://www.vwam.com/vets/tet/hue3.gif

http://www.temple.edu/photo/photographers/sawada/photo5.jpg

http://www.utexas.edu/supportut/news_pub/images/DI_00610.jpg

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/histoire-militaire/photos/vietnam23grand.jpg

http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,256563,00.jpg

http://www.usmcvta.org/contributionsothers/fox2-5hue68/image/grunts&tankhue(01-68).jpg

http://www.usmcvta.org/contributionsothers/fox2-5hue68/image/flametankinhue(01-68).jpg

http://www.usmcvta.org/contributionsothers/fox2-5hue68/image/grunts&tank2hue(01-68).jpg

http://www.usmcvta.org/contributionsothers/fox2-5hue68/image/OntosInHue(01-68).jpg
Onto going to lay some hurt.

http://www.pieceuniquegallery.com/mccullin/pix/DM6808_large.jpg
Carrying fellow marine.

http://es.geocities.com/namspeak/Images/hue2.jpg

Map of troop movements in spanish.. Only one i could find.. The Siege at Hue which covers the battle very well has more detailed stuff..

[goldman]

Oh not at all, thank you very much for posting them Devgru77.

[sas-magoo]

I'm pretty sure those are high powered binoculars being used beside (to the left) of the m16. The m16 appears to have iron sights.

A scope that big would make the m16 really inaccurate for the range that scope would allow, unless it had a bipod. That m16 seems to be standard issue, no bipod.

I'm think those are night vision scopes called PVS-2 (Starlights)
http://home.earthlink.net/~cqbdriver/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/m16starlight.jpg

Why the hell are they using those in daylight then ?
i kinda doubt its NVG probably the same model scope but different purpose, probably just standard zoom lense.

[Dennis G]

Very powerful photo

http://www.pieceuniquegallery.com/mccullin/pix/DM6808_large.jpg

[ZeroPositive]

Amazing photos...

[Milkman]

As there was one thing a reported heared when he was on a chopper, machine gunner was firing and reported said "How do you know if the person that you are shooting at is a Vietkong?"
and soldier replied:
"A person who stands is a well trained Vietkong, the person who runs is a bad Vietkong"

lol rofl

thats from a movie ..... Full Metal Jacket .

rofl

I thought it went:

Soldier- "How can you shoot the women and children?"
Door Gunner- "Thats easy, don't lead them as much."

[b.scheller]

the quote is actually...

door gunner: Anyone who runs is V.C. Anyone who stands still is well-disciplined V.C.

the next line is

joker: How can you shoot women and children?
door gunner: Easy... you don't lead 'em so much.
[laughs]
door gunner: Ain't war hell?

[Merik]

More


http://remembervietnam.homestead.com/files/U1584034-2.jpg
http://remembervietnam.homestead.com/files/U1583312-22.jpg
http://www.vwam.com/vets/tet/khesan2.htm
http://www.vwam.com/vets/tet/hue2.htm
http://www.vwam.com/vets/tet/hill881.htm
http://www.vwam.com/vets/tet/hill881_.htm
http://i.timeinc.net/time/80days/images/680130.jpg
http://www.fsk.ethz.ch/teaching/Archiv_JohnsOnline99/student_pres/0505_Tet/HUE2.JPG
http://lion.mnu.edu/~jhartran/aegis.jpg
http://www.nam-vet.net/mpsinembassy.jpg
http://perso.wanadoo.fr/histoire-militaire/photos/vietnam23grand.jpg
http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,256563,00.jpg
http://www.2ndbn5thmarines.com/pictures/j/n.jpg
http://www.2ndbn5thmarines.com/pictures/j/o.jpg
http://www.2ndbn5thmarines.com/pictures/j/m.jpg
http://foxco.2ndbn5thmarines.com/pics/alex/prepping.jpg
http://foxco.2ndbn5thmarines.com/pics/alex/Marines%20in%20Action.jpg
http://foxco.2ndbn5thmarines.com/pics/alex/Combo%20Flames.jpg
http://foxco.2ndbn5thmarines.com/pics/alex/zzz.jpg
http://foxco.2ndbn5thmarines.com/pics/alex/Tet%20Hue%20F-25%20Marines.jpg
http://www.pieceuniquegallery.com/mccullin/pix/DM6805_large.jpg


There are man terrific photos of Tet and Vietnam at www.pieceuniquegallery.com as well.

[Sora]

I hate war :( :(
but i like to see those pictures :) :)
damn....

[Raistlin]

http://klabs.org/richcontent/MAPLDCon02/exhibits/apollo_pictorial/pictures/marines1.jpg
The guy on the left looks like this guy:

http://www.afan.dk/firefly/ffpic/ab_fmj_023.jpg

[MaxPayne]

thanks for the pics :hug: they are great especially this one :

http://www.2ndbn5thmarines.com/pictures/j/o.jpg woot woot

anybody got a hi res of this pic

[ZeroPositive]

wow impressive photos nice one.
Ain't War Hell...

[aartamen]

The ARVN general did flee to the US and I belive resides somewhere in the Valley, in California...

Good for him.

[aartamen]

Is the guy standing in the second shot from the top firing a BAR?

No. It's an M60.


Yeah, now I can see the belt.


Are there any shots of BAR's in Vietnam?

[MEGR]

Is the guy standing in the second shot from the top firing a BAR?

No. It's an M60.


Yeah, now I can see the belt.


Are there any shots of BAR's in Vietnam?

http://www.ohioordnanceworks.com/articles/14f.jpg

http://www.ohioordnanceworks.com/articles/14g.jpg

http://members.aol.com/rtoartilleryfo/Arvn3.jpg

All I could find from Google.

[Dalleer]

thanks for the pics :hug: they are great especially this one :

http://www.2ndbn5thmarines.com/pictures/j/o.jpg woot woot

anybody got a hi res of this pic

Alright , nice pictures first of all. And from one of my favorite subjects , of course..

The thing that caught my attention was the man's helmet cover in this pic however , it looks like ERDL there ?

[Merik]

thanks for the pics :hug: they are great especially this one :

http://www.2ndbn5thmarines.com/pictures/j/o.jpg woot woot

anybody got a hi res of this pic


Thats as big as it gets bubba.