Philippine Civic Action Group, Tay Ninh, 19 October 1966; video 1:54

Troopers of A/1/5 1st Cavalry Division knee deep in it humping near Quan Loi 60 miles north of Saigon October 1969

Tracks and slicks during a mechanized sweep near Ban Me Thuot in the central highlands, October 1968

An RTO for 1/22 4thInfantry waits for word to move out during an operation near Dak To in central highlands October 1968

Loaded with rockets, a Cobra gunship of Americal Division lifts off from a firebase, October 1970

Residents of Hanoi showing proximity of air raid shelters to an apartment building 18 October 1972

Death of a Colonel: On October 17 1967, LtCol Terry Allen, commander of the Black Lions 2/28, led his men into the jungle of Vietnam, looking for engagement with the Viet Cong. Of the 142 Americans who went out that day, 64 died, including Allen. pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperie…

LAST PHOTO: morning of 17 October 1967 before Battle of Ong Thanh: Col Newman, 1st Brigade CO; LtCol Terry Allen CO 2/28; Maj Donald Holleder, S-3; BrgGen Coleman Asst Division CO; 1Lt Welch, CO D/2/28; within hours, Allen, Holleder and SP5 Verland Gilbertson would be killed

Gen Maxwell Taylor, Chairman of JCS, is greeted at the Buon Enao CIDG camp in September 1962. At center is Capt Terry Cordell, CO of Detachment A-334 at the camp. Cordell was killed when his plane was shot down during a Viet Cong attack on the camp on 16 October 1962

Soldier of B/1/20/11 Brigade of Americal and a RF/PF soldier hold their weapons high and dry crossing a stream near Duc Pho, October 1970

Counter-protesters, including Hells Angels, physically assaulting and abusing early demonstrations against the Vietnam War on 16 October 1965. The communist party newspaper in North Vietnam, Nhân Dân, described the protests as “A hammer blow at the Johnson clique”(two photos)

French and Vietnamese paratroopers of 6e BPC force marching from Tu Le to the Black River, October 1952. 6 BPC had two Vietnamese companies out of its four

16 October 1952- The Sacrifice: 600 6er BPC paratroopers under Major Marcel Bigeard jump near Tu Le in T'ai Highlands

101st Airborne soldiers during a sweep near Montagnard village of Mai Loc 12 miles south of DMZ, 16 October 1969 Photos(4): SP4 LT Gault

Legionnaires of 13e DBLE Foreign Legion Half -Brigade (a battalion of which would be wiped out on Beatrice) during Operation MOUETTE in October 1953

15 October/7 November 1953- Operation MOUETTE: French Groupes Mobiles strike south into enemy territory south of the Red River Delta

Coffins of recently discovered victims of Hue massacre painted with South Vietnamese flag at memorial ceremony in Hue on 15 October 1969; 2,810 bodies were discovered, but the toll was certainly much higher

15 October 1969- Vietnam War Moratorium Day in America: an estimated quarter- million people attended protests in Washington DC, 100,000 in Boston, 40,000 in NYC's Bryant Park, and possibly millions nationwide news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/…

Soldiers of 198th Infantry Brigade, Americal on patrol near Chu Lai wear black arm bands on 15 October 1969 in sympathy with War moratorium back home; 21,000 more American soldiers would die before Nixon and Kissinger had their ‘decent interval'

California Governor Ronald Reagan and his wife Nancy greet American soldiers at Tan Son Nhut airbase on 15 October 1971