Photos: Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
Tucson Citizen photographers Mark Godfrey and Dan Tortorell documented soldiers with the U.S. Army training for deployment to Vietnam at Ft. Huachuca in Sierra Vista in 1966 and 1967. Training included a simulated Vietnamese village.
"The Vietnam War," a documentary film by Ken Burns and Lynn Novick, is on PBS-Tucson (KUAT-TV) and at pbs.org.
Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
Simulated Vietnam village for training at Ft. Huachuca on Oct. 5, 1966.
Vietnam War training at Fort Huachuca
Spc. 4th Class Harry Asbury of Rolla, Mo., left, and other soldiers at Fort Huachuca trained at a replica of a Vietnam village on Oct. 5, 1966.
Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
Simulated Vietnam village for training at Ft. Huachuca on Oct. 5, 1966.
Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
SP/4 Williford Bennett of Waycross, Ga., leads soldiers through a tunnel in a simulated Vietnam village for training at Ft. Huachuca on Oct. 5, 1966.
Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
Lt. Lawrence Yont talks to troops about punji stakes in a simulated Vietnam village for training at Ft. Huachuca on Oct. 5, 1966.
Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
Lt. Lawrence Yont talks to troops about punji stakes in a simulated Vietnam village for training at Ft. Huachuca on Oct. 5, 1966.
Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
SP/4 Harry Asbury of Rolla, Mo., plays with one of the "actors" used in a simulated Vietnam village for training at Ft. Huachuca on Oct. 5, 1966.
Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
A rattlesnake coiled around punji stakes in a simulated Vietnam village for training at Ft. Huachuca on Oct. 5, 1966.
Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
A soldier leaps into the simulated Vietnam village of Bau Don constructed for training at Ft. Huachuca on Oct. 5, 1966.
Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
War games at Ft. Huachuca on Jan. 26, 1967.
Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
War games at Ft. Huachuca on Jan. 26, 1967.
Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
War games at Ft. Huachuca on Jan. 26, 1967.
Vietnam War training at Ft. Huachuca
War games at Ft. Huachuca on Jan. 26, 1967.
Rick Wiley
Photo editor
Tucson Citizen photographers Mark Godfrey and Dan Tortorell documented soldiers training for deployment to Vietnam at Ft. Huachuca in 1966 and…
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