Rice paddies in the Da Nang area. The water in the paddies was usually twenty-inchs to two feet deep and at canals, the water was usually four or five feet deep and full of leeches.

Route 1 south of Hue. Civilians building a fence around their village to keep the VC out.

Group of students protesting the Vietnam War., ca. 1965

Students in Seidman House pit during a rally supporting the Vietnam War effort, ca. 1965.

Camp Pendleton in September 1967 during Oakes' infantry training. The men slept in tents elevated on plywood floors because there was not enough housing for all the soldiers.

The mountains of Laos are in the background and Oakes and a Forward Observer (FO) are directing artillery fire at suspected enemy concentration points along the Laotian border. This location is as far north and as far west as someone could go in…

Transite barracks at Da Nang airfield, April 1969. Taken when Oakes is about to leave the country.

Two U.S. Army dusters, 40mm tracked AA vehicles, south of Hue on Route 1.

U.S.S. New Jersey passing by the U.S.S. Repose while Oakes is aboard the hospital ship USS Repose.

Black and white photograph of a Vietnam anti-war demonstration in Bryant Park, located in the New York City borough of Manhattan. On this day in April of 1969, the Fifth Avenue Peace Parade committee organized the demonstration that assembled near…

Black and white photograph of the Vietnam Peace Parade anti-war demonstration that took place in New York City. On this day in April of 1969, the Fifth Avenue Peace Parade committee organized the demonstration that assembled near Bryant Park with a…

Black and white photograph of the Vietnam Peace Parade anti-war demonstration that took place in New York City. On this day in April of 1969, the Fifth Avenue Peace Parade committee organized the demonstration that assembled near Bryant Park with a…