Archive photo of the day
ARCHIVE PHOTO OF THE DAYLife on The Rockpile, 1966
Stars and Stripes
January 22, 2019
Ray Mahon ©Stars and StripesSouth Vietnam, 1966: U.S. Marines go about their business atop The Rockpile, a 750-foot hill located at the junction of five valleys seven miles south of the DMZ. The Marines manned the exposed 40-by-17-foot summit outpost for weeks at a time.
RELATED MATERIAL: Stars and Stripes' 1966 story about the Marines on The Rockpile.