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Saigon, December 1966: Soldiers from the 1st Logistical Command’s 71st Transportation Battalion are pressed into service unloading military cargo from ship to shore after thousands of Saigon’s stevedores walked off the job in a labor dispute. The strike, which began on Christmas Day, was soon settled, and the troops went back to their regular duties.

1st TSC cuts ribbon on M35A2 truck display; honors heroes from Vietnam War Photo By Sgt. Owen Thez | From Left, Col. Joseph R. Kurz, chief of staff, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Sgt....... read moreread more Photo By Sgt. Owen Thez | From Left, Col. Joseph R. Kurz, chief of staff, 1st Theater Sustainment Command, Sgt. 1st Class Casey Steiner, maintenance management noncommissioned officer, 1st ...

  SAIGON, Vietnam – The 1st Logistical Command 379th Transportation Company line up in a convoy to deliver food and ammo to the Soldiers on the frontlines, circa 1969. The trucks, known as the minesweepers ran ahead of the group, providing logistical s…  (Photo Credit: U.S. Army) As the Americans withdrew, South Vietnam’s combat capability declined. The United States furnished its allies the heavier M48 tank to match the NVA’s T54 tank and heavier artillery to counter North Vietnamese...

© David Rubinger/Government Press Office An Egyptian transport burning after a direct hit from an Israeli tank during the Six Day War, June 5, 1967. New York Times , quoting newly released interview, says the display of nuclear strength was a doomsday scenario not needed after IDF victory One the eve of the Six Day War, with the country surrounded by enemies and unsure of its future, Israel developed a "doomsday" plan to detonate an atomic bomb in Egypts Sinai Peninsula as a warning to the Ara...