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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA029786
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: 17 January 1967
General Note
Operation Cedar Falls mission was to clear Viet Cong from the Iron Triangle near Saigon, RVN. On 8 January 1967, Troop B 3rd Squadron, 4th Cavalry, 25th Infantry Division joined the operation and became a blocking force along the Saigon River in the Filhol Plantation. M88 Vehicle Track Retriever, using a bulldozer type blade, prepares foxhole emplacement to be used by one of the squadron's armored vehicles. Photo by Robert C. Lafoon US Army Sp Photo Det, Pacific

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029786

Citation
Photograph, VA029786. 17 January 1967, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029786, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA029786, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

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