Paratroopers Riding In Military Vehicle
April 14, 1972 - Chon Thanh, Vietnam: ARVN paratroopers, members of Saigon's elite Presidential Palace guard, speed down the highway on a truck toward the landing zone in the outskirts of Chon Thanh. They were part of an armored relief column spearheading drive up Highway 13 towards embattled provincial capital of An Loc, which North Vietnamese forces hope to capture and make a provisional capital for the Viet Cong, but had been stalled some 18 miles below the town by intense Communist artillery and mortar fire.