Easter Offensive

Captured PAVN T-54 tank on display in Lam Son Square, Saigon. Portrait of Trần Thế Vinh, a South Vietnamese pilot killed in battle, can be seen in the background.

LTG Huong walks through the display of captured PAVN weapons in Lam Son Square. NARA 111-CCV-131-CC82551

NORTH VIETNAMESE T59 TANK captured by South Vietnamese 20th Tank Regiment south of Dong Ha.

A U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4J Phantom II of Fighter Squadron 92 (VF-92) "Silver Kings" is launched from the waist catapult of the aircraft carrier USS Constellation (CVA-64) operating in the Gulf of Tonkin, 9 May 1972. Ling-Temco-Vought A-7E Corsair II of Attack Squadron 146 (VA-146) "Blue Diamonds" and VA-147 "Argonauts" are in the foreground. The squadrons were assigned to Attack Carrier Air Wing 9 (CVW-9) aboard the Constellation for a deployment to Vietnam from 1 October 1971 to 1 July 1972.

Valiant Binh Long: The 1972 failure of communist North Vietnam, published by the VNCH Psychological Warfare department

Captured PAVN weapons on display in Lam Son Square. NARA 111-CCV-134-CC82553

Captured PAVN weapons are displayed in Lam Son Square in Saigon. View of Lam Son Square showing crowds walking through the exhibits. NARA 111-CCV-134-CC82550

From Major A.J.C. Lavalle, Airpower and the Spring 1972 Invasion. Washington DC: Office of Air Force History, 1985.

People view a display of captured PAVN weapons in Lam Son Square, Saigon

People view a display of captured PAVN weapons, in Lam Son Square, Saigon

People inspect a captured PAVN T-54 tank on display in Lam Son Square, Saigon

An ARVN soldier sits on top of a captured PAVN T-54 tank displayed in Lam Son Square, Saigon

ARVN soldiers on top of a captured PAVN T-54 tank displayed in Lam Son Square, Saigon

People inspect a captured T-54 tank on display in Lam Son Square, Saigon

U.S. Air Force aircraft at Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, in 1972. Visible are 9 Ling-Temco-Vought A-7D Corsair II of the 354th Tactical Fighter Wing and two McDonnell Douglas EF-4C Phantom II of the 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 18th Tactical Fighter Wing.

U.S. Air Force aircraft at Takhli Royal Thai Air Force Base, in 1972. In the foreground are two General Dynamics F–111As from the 429th Tactical Fighter Squadron, 474th Tactical Fighter Wing. The other aircraft are 25 McDonnell Douglas F–4D Phantom II of the 49th TFW.

vi:Chiến dịch Mùa Xuân 1975: Binh lính sĩ Việt Nam Cộng hòa đang cố trèo lên càng một chiếc trực thăng UH-1 để di tản

vi:Chiến dịch Nguyễn Huệ: Xác xe tăng quân giải phóng bị bắn cháy

Vietnamese children show keen interest in a display of captured PAVN machine guns in Lam Son Square. NARA 111-CCV-134-CC82552