American supermodel Bella Hadid and her collarbones make a statement in pink lingerie in the last decade of January 2023. (Photo by bellahadid/Instagram)

American singer Dove Cameron in the last decade of May 2023 takes a moody selfie to talk about her “healing”. (Photo by dovecameron/Instagram)

American socialite Kylie Jenner in the second decade of November 2023 flaunts her assets in an Alo sports bra. (Photo by kyliejenner/Instagram)

American actress Elizabeth Banks in the first decade of December 2023 shows off her lacy ensemble. (Photo by Elizabethbanks/Instagram)

American socialite Kylie Jenner shows off her summer bikini style with friends in the second decade of June 2024. (Photo by kyliejenner/Instagram)

Canadian actress Nina Dobrev takes her injured leg to Jessica Szohr’s bachelorette party early July 2024. (Photo by nina/Instagram)

American rapper Megan Thee Stallion shows off her cow-inspired manicure in the last decade of July 2024. (Photo by theestallion/Instagram)

In the spring of 1965, within weeks of 3,500 American Marines arriving in Vietnam, a 39-year-old Briton named Larry Burrows began work on a feature for LIFE magazine, chronicling the day-to-day experience of U.S. troops on the ground – and in the air – in the midst of the rapidly widening war. The photographs in this gallery focus on a calamitous March 31, 1965, helicopter mission; Burrows’ “report from Da Nang”, featuring his pictures and his personal account of the harrowing operation, was published two weeks later as a now-famous cover story in the April 16, 1965, issue of LIFE.

Photo: Man your battle stations: The crew chief of helicopter Yankee Papa 13, lance corporal James C. Farley, mans an M-60 machine gun during a mission near Da Nang, Vietnam on March 31, 1965. (Photo by Larry Burrows/Time & Life Pictures)