US Army helicopters pour machine-gun fire into the tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese troops as they attack a Vietcong camp near the Cambodian border, in this March 1965 file photo. (AP)

US Army helicopters pour machine-gun fire into the tree line to cover the advance of South Vietnamese troops as they attack a Vietcong camp near the Cambodian border, in this March 1965 file photo. (AP)