IndoChinaWars

SP6 Lawrence Joel of 1/503 receiving his Medal Of Honor on White House Lawn on 9 March 1967, for gallantry during Battle for Hill 65 on 8 November 1965

Capt Walt Daniel CO of A/1/503, with his Thompson; Alpha was the relief force at Hill 65 on 8 November 1965

HUMP: 1/503 paratroopers under fire at Hill 65 on 8 November 1965

8 November 1965- "The whole earth erupted furiously before our eyes": "The Rock" lost 49 dead at Battle of Hill 65 north of Bien Hoa

Michigan Gov George Romney takes aim with a captured Russian-made sniper rifle at 173 Airborne base at Bien Hoa on 8 November 1965

General Westmoreland, MACV commander, with 2Lt Kathleen Leardon at Ist Infantry Division 93rd Evacuation Hospital during his tour of Big Red One bases on 8 November 1965

8 November 1960: John F Kennedy was elected President over Richard Nixon by 49.7% to 49.6% of popular vote and 303-219 in electoral college

6 November 1965: after being soaked by spray from a fire extinguisher, five men burned their draft cards at a rally in Union Square, Manhattan

Last rites given to war photographer Dickey Chapelle on 4 November 1965 ; she was killed by mine explosion that wounded four marines while on a patrol near Chu Lai

PFC Clifford Erickson of C/ 87, a rifle security company, on last patrol near Long Binh northeast of Saigon on 5 November 1972 before returning to US

“The Americans did not come here to dance, but to help us”: American soldiers dancing with Vietnamese girls in a Saigon bar after law prohibiting dancing was suspended on 4 November 1963. The law had been imposed by the prudish Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu in June 1962

Capture of the presidential palace in Saigon on 2 November 1963 (four photos)

Military Coup in Viet Nam: @TIME and @Newsweek, 8 November 1963

A “Blue Max” AH-1 Cobra of A Battery/2/20th ARA 1st Cavalry, Vietnam, 1970; four rocket pods, two under each wing, and the muzzle of the machine gun under the nose of the aircraft

6 November 1956: Dwight Eisenhower was re-elected

A C-123 Provider lands on airstrip at Khe Sanh after Navy Seabees completed resurfacing the monsoon-damaged strip on 1 November 1967

5 November 1968: Richard Nixon won the Presidency, 43.4% to 42.7% over Hubert Humphrey; independent George Wallace won five deep south states and 13.5%

SSgt Rodney Namauu of 25th Infantry Division ( Tropic Lightning patch on shoulder) dashes for cover after setting claymore 25 miles northwest of Saigon on 4 November 1969

COMUSMACV Gen Westmoreland 'troops the line' presenting the Presidential Unit Citation to 1/503 173 Airborne on 3 November 1966 for its 'extraordinary heroism" in battle on 8 November 1965 on Hill 65 north of Bien Hoa during which "The Rock" lost 49 KIA; video 3:11

3 November 1964: Lyndon Johnson defeated Barry Goldwater in a landslide, 61% to 39% and won 44 states