The following photographs were taken by some of the brave war photojournalists who risked their lives to keep the United States and the rest of world keenly aware
 of what was happening in Vietnam. Most of these men were volunteers and many of them did not make it back home...

A U.S twin engined transport Caribou crashes after being accidentally hit by American artillery.
The ammunition-laden plane crossed a firing zone while trying to land at the
Special Forces camp in Ha Phan
August 3, 1967
All three crewmen died
(United Press International)

An ammunition dump struck by a shell fired from a North Vietnamese position
explodes in front of U.S Marines at Khe Sanh.
This picture was on the cover of Newsweek magazine on March 18, 1968
Robert J Ellison (photographer) was killed three days after publication
He was only 23 years old

A rope keeps a U.S machine-gunner from going under as he crosses a muddy river
Mekong Delta, 1968
Henri Huet (photographer/Associated Press)

U.S Army helicopters providing support for U.S ground
troops fly into a staging area fifty miles northeast of Sai Gon
North of Sai Gon Vietnam, 1966
Henri Huet (photographer/Associated Press)

Henri Huet and eleven other photojournalists died when their UH-1 transport helicopter was shot down during
South Vietnam's invasion of Southern Laos
February 1971