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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA000117
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Original Repository
John Brady
Physical Location
Photo Storage 000001327 box 1; folder 3
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: December 1967
General Note
Official U.S. Navy Photograph

Subject:
Date: 12-67
Photographer: Phil Dan Dodd
No.. 1128586 Unit:

Republic of Vietnam - Two U.S. Navy Seals (Sea, Air, and Land) pause briefly for a drink of water during Operation Crimson Tide, a preplanned operation in Vinh Binh province 67 miles southwest of Saigon. Seals are counter-guerrilla experts, highly trained in unconventional warfare and para-military operations. This operation resulted in five enemy guerrillas killed, and destroyed 153 camouflaged strutures and fortifiations, 120 sampans and 75 bunkers destroyed.

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA000117

Citation
Photograph, VA000117. December 1967, John E. Brady Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA000117, Accessed 02 Feb 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA000117, John E. Brady Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 22 Aug 2001 [Updated: 19 Nov 2020]