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Over South Vietnam, June 11, 1971: An OV1 Mohawk reconnaissance plane from the Army's 131st Aviation Co. flies over South Vietnam's A Shau Valley, in a view from a similar aircraft directly above it. A crew member can be seen waving to the photographer. (Dan Evans, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Patrol Base Diamond II, South Vietnam, April 8, 1969: A dog helps its human friends stand guard at the 25th Infantry Division's patrol base near the Cambodian border. (David Warsh copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Southeast Asia, December, 1965: In a sketch during Bob Hope's annual Christmas show for U.S. troops, Kaye Stevens, playing an Army nurse, presents patient Hope with a questionnaire to be filled out before he can be treated. (Ed Swinney, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Da Nang, South Vietnam, December 15, 1965: Singer and comedienne Martha Raye, a friend and combat nurse to servicemembers from World War II through Vietnam, relaxes during a visit to the U.S. Navy berthing vessel Tourane Hilton in Da Nang Harbor. (Jack Baird, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Hue, South Vietnam, February, 1968: A U.S. Marine carries a wounded Vietnamese child, wrapped in a blanket, to an ambulance for evacuation from the war-torn city of Hue. (John Olson, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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South Vietnam, December 3, 1969: Syndicated columnist William F. Buckley Jr. catches up on some work on a plane ride during his three-day visit to South Vietnam. Buckley was touring the Far East on a fact-finding mission for the President's Special Advisory Commission on Information. (Phil McCombs, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Bear Cat base camp, South Vietnam, December, 1967: Actress Raquel Welch dances with soldiers she invited onstage during Bob Hope's Christmas show at the 9th Infantry Division's base camp. (John Olson, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Kimpo Air Base, South Korea, December 24, 1968: Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher, second from right, skipper of the USS Pueblo, says goodbye to Gen. Charles H. Bonesteel III, right, commander in chief of the United Nations Command in Korea, as Pueblo crew members applaud. With Bucher and Bonesteel is Rear Adm. Rosenberg, commander of Task Force 76. The Pueblo's crew was about to leave for the U.S. after having spent 11 months in captivity following the intelligence ship's capture by the North Koreans. (Chung Tae Won, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Tay Ninh Province, South Vietnam, February 24, 1967: An Air Force C-130 Hercules drops supplies to U.S. troops attempting to encircle a suspected Viet Cong headquarters during Operation Junction City. (Gerard Forken, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Near Pleiku, South Vietnam, July 1966: A radioman for a 25th Infantry Division squad under Viet Cong fire calls for help from another unit. (Gary Cooper, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Bung Cau, South Vietnam, October 23, 1972: A woman carries children in wicker baskets as she flees fighting between North and South Vietnamese troops less than a mile behind her along Highway 13, north of Saigon. (Frank Castro copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Song Be, Vietnam, March 31, 1968: These Montagnard children were just a few of the 10,000 refugees who were gathered at Song Be, the capital of South Vietnam's Phuoc Long province. (Bruce McIlhaney, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Clark Air Base, Philippines, March 14, 1973: Lt. Cmdr. (and future Senator) John S. McCain III steps down from a plane that brought him back to freedom after 5½ years in a North Vietnamese prison. (Photo by Don Gunn ©Stars and Stripes)

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South Vietnam, July 17, 1969: President Nguyen Van Thieu sits in on drums for an impromptu musical session during dedication ceremonies for a rehabilitation center built by South Korean army troops. (Song Jung Il, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Tan Son Nhut Air Base, South Vietnam, August 27, 1970: Vice President Spiro Agnew walks past a South Vietnamese military band during an awards ceremony. (Jack Fuller, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Along the My Tho River, South Vietnam, December 4, 1967: A South Vietnamese marine gives a drink of water to a wounded Viet Cong prisoner in the aftermath of a battle. (John Olson, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Saigon, South Vietnam, February 23, 1963: Master Sgt. Wylie Johnson of Columbus, Ga., left, and Master Sgt. Hugh H. Talley of Cleveland, Tenn., both serving with the U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group, pose after receiving their third Combat Infantryman's Badges from Gen. Paul D. Harkins. They were the first U.S. servicemembers to earn the CIB in Vietnam after also having done so in World War II and the Korean conflict. (Henry Chang, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Di An, South Vietnam, December 25, 1966: Actress Joey Heatherton captures the troops' attention with a song-and-dance number during Bob Hope's annual Christmas show. (Robert C. Kersey, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Landing Zone Jamie, South Vietnam, October 20, 1969: Sp5 Christopher H. Miller of Cocoa Beach, Fla., gets some rest in a hammock slung beneath the tail boom of a Huey helicopter. (Joe Kamalick, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Saigon, South Vietnam, July 16, 1969: Adm. John S. McCain Jr., commander in chief of the U.S. Pacific Command, chomps on a cigar as he and Gen. Creighton Abrams, commander of U.S. forces in Vietnam, await the arrival of Gen. Earle Wheeler, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. (Michael Kopp, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Saigon, December, 1970:Stars and Stripes reporter Spec. 5 Steve Kroft at his desk in the paper's Saigon bureau. (John Mueller, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Over South Vietnam, December 17, 1964: The pilot of an A-1E Skyraider from the 1st Air Commando Squadron watches as the next plane in his formation banks to the right on their return from a target in South Vietnam. (Mike Mealey, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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Nha Trang, Vietnam, December 27, 1964: Bob Hope is greeted by servicemembers having some fun by carrying a sign welcoming not the comedian, but his movie partner and comic foil Bing Crosby, who wasn't on the tour. (Mike Mealey, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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South Vietnam, December 14, 1965: At a landing zone about 26 miles southwest of Da Nang, Marine Corps LCpl. Larry S. Katzenbogan, 20, of Spokane, Wash., and A Co., 3rd Shore Party Battalion, shaves for the first time in the six days since the beginning of Operation Harvest Moon in the Que Son Valley. (Jack Baird, copyright Stars and Stripes)

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