United States Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) in Mekong Delta in Vietnam. LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) and ATCs (Armored Troop Carriers) tied up alongside the USS Benewah. Several other river crafts tied up alongside it. USO (United Service Organizations) provide recreational services to the US troops. United States sailors and soldiers sit and watch the performances of the USO group 'The Mustache and Us'. The group performs on the flight deck of an ATC.
United States Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) in Mekong Delta in Vietnam. A long line of ATCs (Armored Troop Carriers) moving up a large river. A Landing Craft (Monitor) underway in the river. The Monitor passes a sampan boat. Native women on the sampan. A sailor in the turret of a flamethrower on the Monitor. A sailor at its wheel.
United States Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) in Vietnam. ASPB (Assault Patrol Boat) underway in a river. A Landing Craft (Monitor) passes by. The ASPBs leave the large river and enter a canal. A Monitor underway. A ramp is lowered and soldiers go ashore. A 50 caliber machine gun turret on the Monitor. A naval officer in command position aboard the Monitor. He speaks over the radio phone. A United States flag in the background.
United States Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) in Vietnam. ATCs (Armored Troop Carriers) and a Landing Craft (Monitor) underway in a river. The Monitor and ATCs move up a canal. ASPB (Assault Patrol Boat) pass the landing crafts. ATCs pass by.
US soldiers of Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) in Vietnam. A soldier crosses a narrow footbridge across a canal near a shore. Soldiers being shuttled across a deep narrow canal by the Boston Whaler canal boat. The soldiers struggle up a muddy embankment. ATCs (Armored Troop Carriers) slowly make their way up the canal. An ATC tows the Boston Whaler. Two soldiers wash their muddy uniforms and equipment in the river.
US Mobile Riverine Force (9th Infantry Division) in Vietnam. United States helicopter UH-1D Iroquois lands on the flight deck of an ATC (Armored Troop Carrier) at a shore. The Boston Whaler canal boat loaded with soldiers approaches the ATC. The soldiers get off the Boston Whaler boat onto the ATC. The soldiers board the UH-1D Iroquois helicopter. The canal boat leaves. UH-1D Iroquois helicopter takes off.