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In-theater photos taken by Tom Reilly (former infantryman), during his time as a war correspondent attached to the 7th Infantry, give a great firsthand view of what life was like for an infantry soldier and the people of S. Vietnam during the war.

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(L) Jimmy Snow (Hank Snow's brother), his wife, and two of the band members who did a USO show for us at Fire Support Base ''Stephanie.'' (Summer of 1969)

3rd Bn., 7th Infantry command elements moving into new jungle fire base.

A Republic of Vietnam (RVN) Company Commander (L) and one of his aides. My only interview done completely in Vietnamese. Summer of 1969.

Additional photo of Le Family (They all disappeared after April 30, 1975. Their sympathy towards Americans was well known.)

Alpha Company, 3rd Bn., 7th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade. Infantry moving through the Mekong Delta, Spring, 1969.

Alpha Company, 3rd Bn., 7th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade. Infantry moving through the Mekong Delta. (Spring, 1969)

Alpha Company, 3rd Bn., 7th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade. ''Mekong Mud''- miles of it!

Alpha Company, 3rd Bn., 7th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade. New homemade flak jacket. Nipa palms in the background. (Was told that this picture made it to the U.S.A.)

An American officer and some Republic of Korea (ROK) soldiers at Fire Support Base ''Stephanie'' in early 1969.

Awards ceremony, 3rd Bn., 7th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade

Battalion Commander Colonel John Cottie (L) speaking with an American General and a Vietnamese General during a ''Psyops'' operation. (psychological operation)

Brigade and Bn. Commanders at Can Giuoc, S. Vietnam Battalion (3-7) Hdqs. Col. Cottie is third from the right. Gen. Davison's successor is to Col. Cottie's right. To the General's right is the B Co. Commander

Brigade Commander General Frederick Davison, the first black Field Commander in U.S. History, awarding Bronze Stars to incoming Bn. Commander Colonel John Cottie (L) and Colonel Roy Herte (R). (1969)

Children wearing yellow with red stripes S. Vietnamese t-shirts. The three stripes represent the three original kingdoms of Vietnam, among them the kingdom of Tonkin.

Colonel John Cottie presenting awards.

Delta Company, 3rd Bn., 199th Light Infantry Brigade getting ready for a jungle sweep (Spring, 1969)

Elements of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade during a Battalion maneuver towards the jungle to establish a new base camp. (Note the newly introduced ''concertina wire'') Sping, 1969

Elements of the 199th Light Infantry Brigade during a Battalion maneuver towards the jungle to establish a new base camp. Spring, 1969

General Davison with some Vietnamese village children.

General Frederick Davison, the country's first black Field Brigade Commander, officiating at an awards ceremony at Fire Base ''Stephanie.'' (Spring-Summer 1969)

General Frederick Davison, the country's first black Field Brigade Commander, officiating at an awards ceremony at Fire Base ''Stephanie.'' Spring-Summer 1969.

Jimmy and Mrs. Snow and their USO band act. Spring of 1969.

Jimmy and Mrs. Snow. Spring of 1969.

Le Family, whose house we guarded in the Summer of 1968. We built our base camp all around their house. In photo- Le Tu Dep's sisters An Dao and Gnoc Phi.

Le Tu Dep at work at the NCR office in Saigon in 1969.

Le Tu Dep at work at the NCR office in Saigon, 1969.

Le Tu Dep at work at the NCR office in Saigon. (1969)

Le Tu Dep with her husband.

Le Tu Dep's brother on RVN maneuvers.

M-60 Machine gun firing into a Viet Cong bunker complex. My second, and last, bunker assault. February of 1969- this was part of the year's ''Tet Offensive.''

Medic, a conscientious objector who worked without a weapon, with a bullet crease on his helmet and a somber expression on his face. Spring of 1969.

''Psyops'' (Spring, 1969)

''Psyops'' operation to pacify Vietnamese villagers. Hung Lung, South Vietnam. (Spring, 1969)

''Psyops'' operations (Spring, 1969)

''Psyops'' operations in Hung Lung Province, southeast of Saigon. Villagers would come in for food, medicine, and ''pep talks.'' (Summer, 1969)

''Psyops'' operations in Hung Lung Province, southeast of Saigon. (Summer, 1969) Villagers would come in for food, medicine, and ''pep talks.''

''Psyops'' operations in Spring of 1969.

''Psyops'' operations in Spring, 1969.

''Psyops'' operations. (Spring, 1969)

Second assault wave coming through smoke grenades. Alpha Company, 3rd Bn., 7th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade. (This picture appeared in Stars and Stripes)

Soldiers on maneuver in the Mekong Delta. Spring of 1969.

Soldiers on manuever in the Mekong Delta. (Spring, 1969)

Spring of 1969. ''Psyops'' operation to pacify Vietnamese villagers. Hung Lung, South Vietnam.

The face of the enemy. KIA Viet Cong ''soldier.'' Man on left was Company Commander, Captain Gueverra.

Tom Reilly getting a Bronze Star at the Brigade ceremony . (July, 1969)

Tom Reilly getting a Bronze Star at the Brigade ceremony. July, 1969

Village boy with a ''harelip,'' a not uncommon affliction. We brought him back completely ''fixed,'' after about a week in the hospital.

7th Infantry, 199th Light Infantry Brigade in Vietnam

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