60 Rare Vietnam War Photos, Colorized For The First Time

June 25, 2021

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It’s a dangerous business going out your front door - especially if your front door was in Vietnam in the 1960s and ‘70s. The “Donut Dollies” were a group of women who volunteered with the Red Cross as part of a program called Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas. The Dollies brought sweets, treats, and their own brand of wholesome entertainment to the soldiers who definitely appreciated this unique taste of hometown America.

These young women made huge sacrifices and made a positive difference in the lives of the servicemen they worked with. It’s their attempts at raising morale that likely kept many of the soldiers going throughout this long war. 

Vietnam Is Full Of Deadly Snakes, Including The Reticulated Python

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Here's an account, posted to a Facebook group, of an encounter with a large snake like the one in this picture (which was taken in 1971):

We came across a large python--had a head the size of German shepherd, but it had been badly hurt by an airstrike. The CO knowing we had a guy who was deathly afraid of snakes told this person he needed his best man to check out a noise just ahead. The poor guy saw this massive wriggling snake--dropped his gear and ran off. We were pretty deep in Indian country but had to find the guy--so half the company was wandering about calling his name until we found him. He was OK but after that he knew not to trust anyone who said 'we [need] our best guy.'