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US Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook lifting off, circa 1967.

USAF Lockheed C-130 Hercules, circa 1968

Johnny Carson.

US military personnel salute as one of the 21 sets of remains of US servicemen killed in Vietnam is loaded aboard a C-141 Starlifter aircraft. A total of 136 servicemen’s remains have been returned to the United States over the past 13 years, 4/1/1986

May 18, 1969 – During the Apollo 10 mission, replicas of Snoopy and Charlie Brown sit atop a console in mission control at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. In lunar orbit operations, the Apollo 10 lunar module was called Snoopy when separated from the Command Module, which went by the name Charlie Brown. (NASA)

The Muppet Performers.

During the war, Eleanor Roosevelt continued the ceaseless activism that had long marked her as America’s most public First Lady. Mrs. Roosevelt was outspoken in her support for gender equality. She championed women’s entrance into the armed services.

US Army M48 Patton tanks joining soldiers of the 22nd Infantry Regiment.

US Army Bell UH-1 Hueys take off, 1968

327th Infantry soldiers waiting for helicopter extraction from FSB Veghel, date unknown.

“A wounded American soldier returning to the X-ray landing zone in the Ia Drang Valley, South Vietnam, November 15, 1965. Credit: Neil Sheehan/The New York Times” 

From the source: “Don Jestes with King 61A0 - 1968. This trip to the field was a wet one”

USAF Lockheed C-141 Starlifter, Da Nang Air Base, 1967.

“Major T.”, Training Instructor, SAM Missile Training Center, North Vietnam, Russian Armed Forces. He requested to remain anonymous for his interview conducted by Xiaobing Li for the book Voices from the Vietnam War. (via vietnamwarera)

Johnny Cash (1932-2003), January 1960, California, USA.