![Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Lomax, Lieutenant Colonel Paul Nottage, Colonel Robert Duddy and Captain David Moore, the officers in charge of 173rd Airborne's operation in the vicinity of Vung Tao consult a map at their command post, in Vung Tao, South Vietnam, 20th July 1965. (Photo by Bettmann Archive via Getty Images)](https://www.historynet.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/Officers-173rd-Airborne-Brigade-check-map-Vung-Tao-near-Saigon-1965-WINTER-VIEP-23.jpg)
Officers of the 173rd Airborne Brigade check a map at Vung Tao, near Saigon, with radio equipment visible in their vehicle in July 1965. Unlike the manpacks, vehicles had radio security equipment early in the war. (Bettmann/Getty Images)
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