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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA029834
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: 1966-03-27
General Note
[VNCA Note: Caption updated November 2020]
Text on front image border: 6442-C-363-C / PAC 66

Text on image back - the 2-1/4 inch x 2-1/4 inch image has been cut out of a larger page, so text on back is incomplete:
2-C-363C/PAC
Operation Lincoln - Action by
[fo]rces of tank-infantry consisting
the 69th Armor, 25th Inf Div
[1st] Cav Div (Air Mobile) Cavalry
[...its] on a sweep in a suspected
controlled area south of Pleiku,
27 March 1966
Photo by SP4 Robert C. Lafoon
USA Special Photo Det, Pacific

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[VNCA Note: Previous caption in item record:
The 1st Infantry Division participates in Operation Crimp. The objective is to seek and destroy a Viet Cong headquarters believed to be in a tunnel complex in or around the Ho Bo woods and close to Saigon. Personnel of the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division move through open clearing while conducting their search and destroy mission. Photo by Robert C. Lafoon US Army Sp Photo Det, Pacific | 14 January 1966]

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029834

Citation
Photograph, VA029834. 1966-03-27, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029834, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA029834, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 04 Dec 2002 [Updated: 18 Nov 2020]