Ōrai Noriyoshi (Japanese, 1935–2015).
"Dak To 1967 〈ベトナム〉" / 1977.
Likely gouache on board, c. late 1970's, possibly 1977. This featured image is a lightened and sharpened variation of the original. Chose this as the OP since it's the highest quality of this image available online. See comments section for the painting with original tone & brightness.
This piece was featured in an issue of a Japanese magazine whose title (or publisher? - I'm unsure) approximately translates to MONTHLY BRAIN PUBLICATION (1977).
Based on a photo taken by war photographer, Henri Huet (French-Vietnamese, 1927–1971).
(See comments section for the original photograph.)
The title for this piece is apparently "Dak To 1967" in reference to the Battle of Đắk Tô, which was a series of engagements in the Vietnam War that took place between Nov. 3–23 in 1967.
If the "Dak To 1967" is the true title of this piece, then Ōrai was likely mistaken. The original photograph by Huet on which this image is based was taken during Operation Masher, which took place between Jan. 24–Mar. 6, 1966.
Operation Masher—later renamed 'Wings' by President Lyndon Johnson to insinuate a less aggressive tone to the operation as a public relations move—was, and remains, the single largest seek-and-destroy mission ever conducted. It took place in the central coast of South Vietnam. In such missions, the troops would search for intel and supply areas and destroy them. The purpose of this specific search-and-destroy mission was to drive enemies out of the Binh Dinh Province and destroy supply areas.
Huet was born in French Indochina, joined the French Navy where he received training as a photographer, then returned to Vietnam in 1949 as a combat photographer during the First Indochina War, where he subsequently remained as a civilian after war's end. He was also likely the most influential war photographer of the Vietnam War when it broke out, as his images were largely responsible in forming public opinion regarding the conflict. Most prominent is his series of photographs featured in LIFE magazine (Feb. 11, 1966). He was later awarded the Robert Capa Gold Medal in 1967 for "best published photographic reporting from abroad, requiring exceptional courage and enterprise" (Wikipedia). He died in Operation Lam Son 719, during South Vietnam's invasion of southern Laos, when his helicopter was shot down.
The photograph Ōrai's artwork is based on was featured in LIFE magazine and the large caption read: "On with the war and 'Operation Masher.'"
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