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Photograph

Photograph Item Number: VA029817
Pages
1
Media Type
Photograph
Physical Location
Stacks
Language(s)
English
Dates
Existence: January 1967
General Note
Operation Cedar Falls mission was to clear Viet Cong from the Iron Triangle near Saigon, RVN. The mission of C Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Mechanized Infantry, 2nd Brigade, 25th Infantry Division was to sweep through the Filhol Plantation in search of fleeing Viet Cong units. Aerial view of soldiers ducking and holding on to water containers because of prop wash from our UH1D helicopter which is about to land. Photo by Robert C. Lafoon US Army Sp Photo Det, Pacific

Perma Link
https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029817

Citation
Photograph, VA029817. January 1967, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University, https://www.vietnam.ttu.edu/virtualarchive/items.php?item=VA029817, Accessed 27 Jan 2026.

Pub Credit Line
VA029817, Robert Lafoon Collection, Vietnam Center and Sam Johnson Vietnam Archive, Texas Tech University

Added: 03 Dec 2002 [Updated: 27 Oct 2010]