These are some of few survivors of detention area shooting in Takeo, Cambodia on April 18th, 1970 in which more than 100 Vietnamese were reported killed

Artist Mark Godfrey (American)

Publisher Associated Press (AP) (American, founded 1846)

Date1970

ClassificationsPhotograph

MediumGelatin silver print

Dimensions5 1/2 x 8 7/8 in.

Credit LineGift of Dr. James and Debra Pearl

Object number2021.0569

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Trussed and roped together bodies float down Mekong river in a cluster. News reports said more than 400 bodies counted, identified them as Vietnamese, and said they had been shot, April 1970

Mark Godfrey

1970

GI’s of the U.S. First Cavalry division help a comrade who fell about 20 feet from helicopter as it was leaving Firebase Bronco about 17 miles inside Cambodia, north of the Fish Hook area on June 25th, 1970. As the helicopter was loading the men, the base came under enemy mortar attack and in the rush to get away several men fell

Mark Godfrey

1970

A GI smiles as he waits for helicopter lift to pull his unit out of Fire Support Base Speer, six miles inside the Cambodian border, northeast of the Fishhook, 1970

Mark Godfrey

1970

$American and South Vietnamese units are beginning to work together more often — but some think the result is an even greater dependence on U.S. troops, with no gain in Vietnamese efficiency. The Vietnamese are unwilling to give up a fraction of their command. One U.S. adviser said recently: “All I do now is settle disputes between them (Vietnamese) and the Americans.” Shown here is a combined operation between Vietnamese Rangers and the U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade on the edge of the Mekong Delta$