Headnet, Insect

The Associated Press made an unprecedented commitment to reporting the conflict: It gathered an extraordinary group of superb photojournalists in its Saigon bureau and these men created one of the great photographic legacies of the twentieth century. Collected here are images that tell the human story of the Vietnam War, as we watch the American presence in the war swell from a trickle of military advisers in the late 1950s, through dramatic operations involving thousands of soldiers in the 1960s, to the fall of Saigon in 1975. These are pictures that both recorded and made history, taken by unbelievably courageous photojournalists. In a moving essay, writer Pete Hamill, who reported from Vietnam in 1965, celebrates their achievement, focusing on five masters who took many of the photographs in the book: Horst Faas, Henri Huet, Eddie Adams, Nick Ut, and Phuoc Van Dang.

Minimally used Utility Fighting Knife. Manufacturer Camillus. Brown-black colour.

Original cleaning kit for M16A1 rifle. Contract DSA100-70-C-1728.

Used M1956 suspenders from 1973. Inner side is not cotton but nylon. Size Large.

Used leather holster for Colt 1911 pistol. Nice condition

Cross woven belt M-56 with Davis buckle. Maximum length 102cm. nice condition.

Unused Jungle Boots with Panama sole. Size 12R. Year of manufacture 1968.

Used H harness M1956 second model. Size L.

Lightly used belt M56. Longitudinal weaving. Size Medium.

Cover for field bottle M 1967. The prints are plastic. Stock condition. All covers are dated 1968.

US gun cleaning oil. Contract DSA600-71-C-1083.

Used MACV patch—design with a thin edge.