The Don Englebreston Collection
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At a staging area near Dak To, South Vietnam, soldiers pose before an improvised bunker built from stacked ammunition crates ahead of Operation Tailwind in September 1970. Hand-lettered signs welcoming "U.S. Maureens" to the "Dak To Officers Club" reveal the wry humor troops leaned on to keep spirits up before heading into the field.