MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. Aerial view of the Kontum airfield. A burning aircraft on the ground. South Vietnamese ammunition trucks caught in NVA (North Vietnamese Army) ambush. Smoking and exploding ordinance. Vietnamese defensive positions in Kontum City and in the surrounding terrain. A U.S. Colonel talking on the radio during an inspection flight in a U.S. Army UH-1D Iroquois or 'Huey' helicopter. Billowing smoke on Highway QL 14. A U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter landing at a helipad in the area. MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum. The team loads supplies into the helicopter. South Vietnamese refugees waiting to board helicopter for evacuation. A Vietnamese soldier talks to the refugees.
MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter takes off from a helipad in the area. South Vietnamese soldiers talk to Vietnamese refugees. Refugee men, women and children await evacuation. Women and children run towards a CH-47 and board the helicopter. The chopper takes off. Guns positioned on the other side of a barb wired fence. Refugees wait their turn for evacuation. U.S. officers and soldiers supervise and discuss the operation nearby. Refugees board a U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois helicopter. The MACV team and U.S. soldiers help them get strapped in. The pilot in the cockpit. The chopper takes off.
MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. A U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter carrying a sling load of rice. Vietnamese refugees sitting in a compound as they await evacuation. Refugees board a U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois helicopter. Refugee women and children in traditional Vietnamese hats sitting in the compound. Refugees board a CH-47. The helicopter takes off.
MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. Vietnamese refugees sitting in a compound as they await evacuation. Refugee women in traditional Vietnamese hats. Numerous children in the compound. Elderly Vietnamese men and women. An aerial view of the city of Kontum. A meandering river through the landscape. An ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) field Headquarters and ARVN artillery battery within the city of Kontum.
MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. Vietnamese refugees board a U.S. Army Boeing CH-47 Chinook helicopter. The helicopter takes off. The chopper in flight at sunset. U.S. and South Vietnamese soldiers inside a U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois helicopter during a FAC mission over Kontum. A soldier on the radio in the chopper. A battery on the helicopter floor. The pilot at controls in the cockpit. Aerial view of craters and terrain damage from a bomb strike. Smoke due to fire from explosions.
MACV (US Military Assistance Command, Vietnam) Advisory Team assists South Vietnamese soldiers in the evacuation of refugees from Kontum during the Nguyen Hue Campaign of the Vietnam War. Aerial view of the area. U.S. Army Bell UH-1D Iroquois helicopters in flight. Fire Support Base Lima. U.S. and South Vietnamese medics carry an injured Vietnamese soldier aboard a UH-1D helicopter. The pilot at the controls in the cockpit. Medics carry the wounded soldier off the helicopter at the 2nd ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) hospital. The UH-1D helicopter takes off. Vietnamese and United States soldiers seated around a table in the jungle. Numerous tents nearby.