Vietnamese man squatting down, holding vegetation he has just cut. He is wearing a white shirt with sunglasses tucked into the front, khaki pants, and a hat with a narrow brim. He is working at the Vung Chua Mountain base located just north of Qui...
Two-page letter written by Ammons to his family on the day he arrived in Vietnam. He describes conditions and housing at the 90th Replacement Battalion headquarters, 22 miles north of Saigon; the appearance and poverty of the Vietnamese villagers;...
Two Vietnamese women in traditional dress are entering from outside into a dark room. A guard appears outside in the sunlight. The doorway appears to be quite thick. Another female worker appears in the light and is about to be passed in by the...
Firearms; Military uniforms; Rifles; Military personnel; Soldiers; Men; Women
Two soldiers carrying M-60 machine guns and ammunition belts. A small Vietnamese woman in profile stands between the two soldiers. She is dressed in pale blue and wears earrings, bracelets, and sandals.
Three page letter from Thunder IV (Highway 13 was nicknamed "Thunder Road" by US troops). "Our base camp (Lai Khe) has been hit daily by mortars and RPG [rocket-propelled grenade] rounds. Even in daylight Charlie hits Lai Khe." Letter includes...
Six Vietnamese children posing for the camera. Barbed wire fencing appears in the background. Note: a non-color-corrected master TIFF copy is also available.
Military personnel; Soldiers; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Cities & towns
SGT Chris Ammons in front of the Presidential Palace in Saigon. The palace sits behind rows of barbed wire and a high iron fence. Vietnamese citizens on scooters are ride by in the street. Vietnamese guards and a jeep are stationed in front of the...
Military personnel; Soldiers; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Hats; Arms & armament; Ammunition; Bullets; Mountains
SGT Chris Ammons in a Vietnamese rice hat standing near an earth-filled 55-gallon drum at the signal station on Vung Chua Mountain. Another soldier gives him "bunny ears." Ammons wears a Big Red 1 shoulder patch from his first tour (1st...
Seven Vietnamese children are pictured in a group near Qui Nhon. One is selling soft drinks out of an ice box. Rocks and barbed wire are pictured in the background. Note: a non-color-corrected master TIFF copy is also available.
Red and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys a seated, malnourished Viet-Cong soldier with his weapon at his feet as he daydreams of food. The reverse has text and the leaflet number (6-163-68).
PFC Chris Ammons, holding rifle, stands in a cleared area in front of tall trees. A strand of barbed wire runs in front of the trees; just behind his left foot is a post in the ground with two strands attached.
One-page handwritten letter from Christopher Ammons to his family describing intense military action experienced by the South Korean soldiers stationed with him on the mountain. The South Korean soldiers were apparently close to surrounding the...
Color two-sided pass promising safe conduct to the holder of the pass by all Vietnamese government agencies and allied military forces. Reverse bears the signature of Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and has a photograph of a South Vietnamese Soldier...
Christopher Ammons with five unidentified members of 3rd Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division. Ammons is at the back row, left, wearing glasses. Two soldiers are kneeling in front; three men are shirtless. There...
Military personnel; Soldiers; Uniforms; Military uniforms; Arms & armament
Christopher Ammons setting trip flares or seismic detection devices around Vung Chua Mountain. The patches for the 1st Infantry (his unit in his first tour) and the 1st Signal Brigade (to which he was attached in his second tour) are on his...
Black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys the anguish of a mother as she cries over the image she envisions of her son, killed in fighting. The leaflet number is on the front (SP.2141). The reverse contains a list of eleven...
Black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys on the front a split image of Viet-Cong blowing up a hut and on the back a happy non-combatant family in a safe village. The reverse contains text and the leaflet number (246-354).
Black and white two-sided propaganda leaflet conveys front image of Viet-Cong burning and pillaging a village with victims scattered about and, on the reverse, an image of American soldiers visiting the burned remains of the village and...
