The Snapshots in Time Collection
Earthen Berm and Wire Perimeter Beside a Flooded Ditch, Vietnam, 1971
An earthen bunker mound and barbed-wire perimeter fence border a flooded ditch at a U.S. base camp in South Vietnam, 1971. Defensive works like this — combining raised berms, wire obstacles, and water barriers — formed the everyday backdrop of base security during the war's final years. Project: 218683