40 Rare Photos Showing What D-Day Was Really Like

Published on 09/01/2021
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Retreat

Armies in full retreat are rarely seen in photographs.
The photographers who may have taken some of those photos have either bugged out, been captured, or been killed.
In mid-April 1975, commander Le Minh Dao invited a small party of American journalists to fly into the little provincial seat of Xuan Loc, South Vietnam, 35 miles north of Saigon.


Retreat

Retreat

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Bring Them Home

On Nov. 15, 1965, this photograph was taken at [the Battle of la Drang], LZ X-Ray. A GI dashed across the clearing to carry the body of a fallen buddy onto the Huey helicopter that was waiting.

Bring Them Home

Bring Them Home

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