The Don Englebreston Collection

Base Compound with South Vietnamese Flag and Guard Tower (Barry Pencek Collection)

Base Compound with South Vietnamese Flag and Guard Tower (Barry Pencek Collection)

The flag of the Republic of Vietnam flies over a fortified base compound, its wooden barracks and sandbagged guard tower visible behind rows of barbed wire. Installations like this supported joint U.S. and South Vietnamese operations during the Vietnam War, including covert Army Special Forces missions such as Operation Tailwind in 1970. Project: 219430