1969 Press Photo Defense Secretary with newsmen in Da Nang, South Vietnam.

Secretary of Defense Melvin R. Laird, dressed in fatigues, replies to newsmen's questions Sunday at a press conference at Da Nang, South Vietnam. Laird on a fact-finding mission for President Richard M. Nixon, said Allied troops have been able to contain the current Viet Cong offensive and that "the military consequences were not great."

Photo is dated 1969.

Photo measures 8 x 9.5 inches.