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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA029764
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: January 1967
General Note
On 8 January 1967, C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Mechanized Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, operated as a blocking force in Operation Cedar Falls in the Filhol Plantation by the Saigon River, 10 miles NE of their Cu CHI, RVN base camp. While on break, a member of the 3rd platoon falls asleep while resting inside an M-113 Armored Personnel Carrier. Photo by Robert C. Lafoon US Army Sp Photo Det, Pacific

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029764

Citation
Photograph, VA029764. January 1967, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029764, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA029764, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 03 Dec 2002 [Updated: 26 Oct 2010]