The body of a Viet Cong soldier is dragged behind an American armored vehicle en route to a burial site after the Battle of Suoi Bong Trang during the Vietnam War.

American and Australian troops fought the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army on the night of 23 and 24 February 1966. The battle occurred during Operation Rolling Stone, a major American security operation to protect engineers building a strategic road in the vicinity of Tan Binh, 30 kilometers northwest of Bien Hoa Air Base. On the morning of 24 February, it became clear that the Viet Cong and North Vietnamese Army had suffered heavy losses, with nearly 500 men killed, while American and Australian casualties were relatively small with 11 killed and 74 wounded.

An injured North Vietnamese soldier is led from his bunker by soldiers of the US First Cavalry Division. This soldier held up the US advance for one hour with machine gun fire from his position. The incident occurred during the Battle of Bong Son, on the plains of Bong Son, in Central Vietnam. This battle was fought between the US 1st Cavalry Division and North Vietnamese Army units, between 28 January and 12 February 1966, and formed the beginning of US Operation Masher.

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