Marines al comienzo de la ofensiva Tet , enero de 1968 , Vietnam.
Fotos de la guerra de Vietnam
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Marines al comienzo de la ofensiva Tet , enero de 1968 , Vietnam.
Bombas explotan el el barrio de Cholon , Saigón , durante la mini ofensiva Tet de mayo de 1968.
28 de abril de 1965 , el sargento de Marines Lyle Lewis llevando a un compañero herido en cercanías de la Base Aérea de Da Nang, Vietnam.
Octubre de 1965 , un soldado Sudvietnamita en Plei Me , Vietnam.
Fuerzas sudvietnamitas escoltan al capitan Nguyen Van Lem , del Vietcong, que momentos después sería ejecutado de un tiro en la cabeza, en una foto mundialmente conocida....1 de febrero de 1968 en Saigón...
22 de mayo de 1968 , el Capitán Charles Robb , yerno del presidente Lyndon Johnson , sirviendo en Da Nang , Vietnam.
Heridos del Ejército sudvietnamita luego de una feroz batalla con fuerzas del Vietcong en Cheo Reo , Vietnam , el 7 de julio de 1965.
Elementos de la 1era División de Caballería del Ejército de los EEUU, a punto de ser evacuados del área de combate en Hoai Chao , Vietnam, enero de 1966.
Infantes de Marina de los EEUU custodian a niños sospechosos de ser elementos del Vietcong , 5 de junio de 1965 en cercanías del Río Yen , a 6 millas de Da Nang , Vietnam.
Rostros de soldados norteamericanos durante la guerra de Vietnam......
Soldados norteamericanos descansando durante una pausa en el combate , Vietnam , fecha y lugar sin especificar.
Piloto de la USAF durante la guerra de Vietnam.
Infantes norteamericanos, Vietnam , lugar y fecha sin especificar.
Miembros de un equipo SEAL escuchan la radio en Vietnam.
Un Vietcong capturado es interrogado por Marines de los EEUU en Vietnam.
Infantes de Marina heridos en Vietnam, lugar y fecha sin especificar.
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Colaborador
Si nos descuidamos, tal vez en esa foto se vea toda la flota operativa de UHs de la Alfa Echo...
La verdad, qué guerra de m... que fueron a pelear. Si no te achuraba un VC, te morfaba un bicho.
Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos, Dewey Waddel, prisionero en Vietnam en 1967.
Estuvo seis años como prisionero de guerra. Hay que ver cómo queda el bocho después de eso.
WADDELL, DEWEY WAYNE
Name: Dewey Wayne Waddell
Rank/Branch: O4/United States Air Force
Unit: 354th TFS 355 TFW Tahkli RTAFB
Date of Birth: 12 September 1935
Home City of Record: Bremen GA
Date of Loss: 05 July 1967
Country of Loss: North Vietnam
Loss Coordinates: 213200 North 1063300 East
Status (in 1973): Returnee
Category:
Aircraft/Vehicle/Ground: F105D
Missions: 47
Other Personnel in Incident: none
Dewey Wayne Waddell
Rank, Service
Colonel O-6, U.S. Air Force
Veteran of:U.S. Air Force 1956-1987
Cold War 1956-1987
Vietnam War 1967-1973 (POW)
Tribute:Cold War 1956-1987
Vietnam War 1967-1973 (POW)
Wayne Waddell was born in 1935 in Bremen, Georgia. He was commissioned through the Air Force ROTC Program at Georgia Tech on June 9, 1956, and went on active duty beginning June 3, 1957. Lt Waddell completed Undergraduate Pilot Training and was awarded his pilot wings at Laredo AFB, Texas, in September 1958, and then completed all-weather interceptor training in the F-86 Sabre at Moody AFB, Georgia. He remained as an instructor pilot at Moody AFB until December 1960, and then served as an instructor at Craig AFB, Alabama, from January 1961 to June 1965. Capt Waddell then received an Air Force Institute of Technology assignment to complete his Masters Degree at the University of Southern California from June 1965 to September 1966. After completing F-105 Thunderchief Combat Crew Training, he was assigned to the 354th Tactical Fighter Squadron of the 355th Tactical Fighter Wing at Takhli Royal Thai AFB, Thailand, in April 1967. Maj Waddell was forced to eject over North Vietnam and became a Prisoner of War while flying his 47th combat mission on July 5, 1967. After spending 2,070 days in captivity, he was released during Operation Homecoming on March 4, 1973, and then attended Air War College at Maxwell AFB, Alabama. Col Waddell then remained on the faculty of the Air War College until 1975, when he transferred to the Pentagon and worked on the Department of Defense Joint Service Committee on Air Munitions Standardization from 1975 to 1979. His final assignment was as director of U.S. Air Force Emergency Plans for the Eastern United States at Dobbins AFB, Georgia, from 1979 until his retirement from the Air Force on October 27, 1987. Col Waddell served as President of NAM-POWs Corp, the Organization of former Vietnam Prisoners of War, from 1981 to 1984.His 1st (of 2) Silver Star Citation reads:
Major Dewey W. Waddell distinguished himself by gallantry in connection with military operations against an opposing armed force as an F-105 Pilot over North Vietnam on 5 July 1967. On that date, Major Waddell was a member of a flight of F-105s which attacked and destroyed a key hostile railroad yard. The target was defended by one of the most accurate concentrations of antiaircraft artillery in North Vietnam. Even though he received several direct hits from the deadly flak, Major Waddell continued his attack until he delivered his ordnance. By his gallantry and devotion to duty, Major Waddell has reflected great credit upon himself and the United States Air Force.
Se retiró como Coronel
.... respirando el olor a napalm en la mañana....?
(aunque no la dicen así en el guión....)
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