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Unforgettable Change: 1960s: The Vietnam War

U.S. Army personnel boarding a transport ship bound for Vietnam at Oakland Army Base. November 21, 1966. U.S. Army photographer. Gelatin silver print. Collection of Oakland Museum of California. Gift of Mr. Robert L. Marion.

This official U.S. Army photograph, taken on November 21, 1966 at the Oakland Army Base dock depicts military recruits boarding a transport ship that is bound for Vietnam. By the end of that year, U.S. forces would stand at 362,000, increasing to 535,100 two years later, in 1968.

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