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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA029830
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: 14 January 1966
General Note
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. Supplies and weapons were found by the 1st Battalion, 28th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division in a network of tunnels. SGT Richard McConhl burns a Viet Cong rice storage building located above the complex. Photo by Robert C. Lafoon US Army Sp Photo Det, Pacific

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029830

Citation
Photograph, VA029830. 14 January 1966, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029830, Accessed 26 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA029830, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 04 Dec 2002 [Updated: 27 Oct 2010]