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Wounded Marine Gunnery Sgt. Jeremiah Purdie (center, with bandaged head) reaches toward a stricken comrade after a fierce firefight south of the DMZ, Vietnam, October 1966. history

Portrait From Hell: Larry Burrows’ ‘Reaching Out,’ 1966

Aerial view of a DC-4 passenger plane flying over midtown Manhattan. An almost identical photograph from this shoot was published in the June 19, 1939, issue of LIFE. history

The Best of LIFE: 37 Years in Pictures

Vietnam 1963 history

America in Vietnam, 1963: Deeper Into War

Calvin R. Patrick, 18, Army, Pfc., Houston, Texas history

Faces of the American Dead in Vietnam: One Week’s Toll, June 1969

Lance Cpl. James C. Farley, helicopter crew chief, Vietnam, 1965. history

Sudden Death in Vietnam: ‘One Ride With Yankee Papa 13’

A group of women and children huddle in terror moments before being murdered by American troops in the village of My Lai, Vietnam, March 16, 1968. history

American Atrocity: Remembering My Lai

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