Caption: Damage to the rectory of a Catholic church caused by a Viet Cong attack on May 15, 1967. Members of the Phong Bien refugee counter-viau village, near the strategic DaNang air base, can be seen examining the aftermath. The attack, carried out with high-explosive rocket rounds, resulted in the mortally wounding of Father Hetthieu, a Vietnamese Catholic priest. This photograph is from the collection of the US Department of Defense.

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