United States and South Vietnamese soldiers defend Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. US and South Vietnamese officers discussing a map. South Vietnamese soldiers digging trenches. An American soldier watches. An M-72 LAW (Light Anti-Tank Weapon or Light Anti-Armor Weapon). A South Vietnamese soldier holding a M-72 LAW. A US M151 MUTT (Military Utility Tactical Truck) parked in a protective ditch. South Vietnamese soldiers sitting in an 81mm mortar emplacement. South Vietnamese soldiers digging trenches. Vietnamese refugees being evacuated by helicopter. Native women in traditional Vitnamese hats. American and Vietnamese soldiers in a helicopter.
United States and South Vietnamese soldiers defend Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. The Kontum airfield seen through concertina wire. United States Air Force C-123 Provider transport aircraft parked on the airfield. A C-123 taxis and takes off. The runway at the airfield. Hills in the background. Aerial view of the surrounding area. A C-123 taxis and takes off. The aircraft in flight. A C-123 lands at the airfield. Soldiers on a road.
United States and South Vietnamese soldiers defend Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. Aerial view of the area around Kontum airfield. Helicopter and cloud shadows on the ground. Roads and trees in the vicinity. Smoke rising from enemy rocket explosion in residential area near airfield. US FSB (Fire Support Base) November in Kontum. Enemy artillery rounds exploding in rice paddies near the base. Aerial view from an airborne US helicopter. US and South Vietnamese soldiers near a machine gun in the helicopter. the co-pilot speaks over the radio. A soldier holds the machine gun ammunition belt in his hands. He aims the machine gun.
United States and South Vietnamese soldiers defend Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. US and South Vietnamese soldiers in a helicopter in flight. A soldiers talks over the radio receiver. Another mans a machine gun. Aerial view of the area below. The pilot in the cockpit. Black smoke rising from enemy rocket explosion in residential area near the Kontum airfield. US FSB (Fire Support Base) November, with enemy artillery rounds exploding in rice paddies near the base. The machine gun barrel and ammunition belt. A South Vietnamese soldier alongside a US gunner firing M-16 rifle towards the ground. Explosions in enemy positions. A South Vietnamese officer questions Montagnard refugees on a road. US soldiers stand by and watch.
United States and South Vietnamese soldiers defend Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. A South Vietnamese officer questions Montagnard refugees on a road. US soldiers watch as he talks to the refugee man and woman with a child. American and South Vietnamese officers inspect a captured North Vietnamese map. The map spread on the bonnet of a military vehicle. A photograph of a Vietnamese woman near the map.
Views from a helicopter manned by a South Vietnamese crew. Smoke is rising from strikes against Viet Cong targets below. U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Thomas L. Stanford, advisor to the 2nd ARVN (Army of Vietnam) Ranger Group, in the Kontum area, is seen in the helicopter along with his Vietnamese counterpart. (This is during the "Vietnamization" phase of the Vietnam War.) Stanford is the red-headed U.S. officer wearing glasses. He and his Vietnamese counterpart are observing air strikes they requested on enemy positions. The explosions and black smoke are from the bombs being dropped. A vietnamese gunner aboard the helicopter fires a machine gun at ground target. A US Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois or 'Huey' helicopter takes off from a paved road.