The Don Englebreston Collection
Gallery: Barry Pencek
A U.S. serviceman poses beside the hand-painted entrance to an improvised "Dak To Officers Club," a bunker built from stacked rocket-ammunition crates. Signs like this one reveal the dark humor and camaraderie that sustained troops at forward bases in Vietnam's Central Highlands.
U.S. Army Recon Soldier with Pet Python at a Vietnam Forward Base
American Serviceman Holding Python at SOG Forward Base Camp, South Vietnam
AH-1 Cobra Gunships on Flight Line with Personnel, Vietnam War Forward Airbase
Helicopter Landing Zone with CH-53 Transports and AH-1 Cobra Gunship, Vietnam War Forward Airbase
USAF Officer at Improvised 'Dak To Officers Club' Bunker, Vietnam
Indigenous Troops Filling Canteens at U.S. Army Tanker Truck, Forward Base - Operation Tailwind Collection
AH-1 Cobra Attack Helicopters on Forward Airfield, Southeast Asia (Operation Tailwind / Barry Pencek Collection)
U.S. Army Helicopters at Forward Landing Zone Under Fire, Vietnam War, Operation Tailwind Collection
CH-53 and AH-1 Cobra Helicopters in Flight Near Airbase, Vietnam War Era
Aerial View of Highland Terrain with Helicopter in Flight, Vietnam-Laos Border Region
Wreckage of a Downed Aircraft, Vietnam War
Aircrew Posed with a Bell AH-1 Cobra Gunship on a Forward Airstrip, South Vietnam, circa 1970 (Barry Pencek / Operation Tailwind Material)
Aerial View of Jungle Terrain with Smoke/Impact Bursts — Operation Tailwind, Barry Pencek Collection
Servicemen Gathered Informally at Base Compound, Vietnam War Era
