Check Out The New-York Historical Society's Ambitious Vietnam War Exhibit

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Helmet cover from Hamburger Hill. Courtesy of Salvador L. Gonzalez, 101st Airborne Division, 3rd Brigade, 1/506th Light Infantry, D Company, 1969

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Draft card. Courtesy of Joseph Corrigan, C Troop, 2nd Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment, 4th Infantry Division, Dak To, Vietnam 1967–68

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Deck of playing cards, mini bottle of whiskey, and cigarette with note left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Courtesy of the National and Memorial Parks, NPS

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Interior of the USNS General Nelson M. Walker. Courtesy of Art and Lee Beltrone, Vietnam Graffiti Project, Keswick, VA

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President Ho Chi Minh in conference with Communist comrades, 1959. © Vietnam News Agency

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Index card with ring left at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC. Courtesy of the National and Memorial Parks, NPS

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Tropical “boonie” hat. Courtesy of Penni Evans, Donut Dollies, Vietnam, March 1970–71

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71st Evacuation Hospital patch belonging to Barbara Chiminello (left) and 57th Medical Detachment patch belonging to Thomas Chiminello (right). Courtesy of Barbara, Philip, and Eugene Chiminello

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LeRoy Neiman, Muhammad Ali vs. “Big Cat” Williams, 1967. Courtesy of the LeRoy Neiman Foundation

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Work for Peace, 1969. Courtesy of Stuart Lutz Historic Documents, Short Hills, NJ

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Men of the 173rd Airborne Brigade on a search and destroy patrol after receiving supplies, 1966. National Archives at College Park, MD

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Zippo lighter, 1970. New-York Historical Society, Gift of John Monsky. 2015.45.268

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Canvas with graffiti from the USNS General Nelson M. Walker. Courtesy of Art and Lee Beltrone, Vietnam Graffiti Project, Keswick, VA

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