Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam food being distributed to people rendered homeless due to heavy monsoon rains causing floods in Mekong delta. Vietnamese people gather in large number to receive food supplies as a part of flood relief operations. Soldiers hand over food supply bags to people and they carry them away on their heads. (Vietnam War period).
Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam food being distributed to people rendered homeless due to heavy monsoon rains causing floods in Mekong delta. Vietnamese people in dugout boats at the harbor as they prepare to leave after getting their food supplies. A boat moves away, women sit in a boat with their supply bags. People gathered around the boats at the coast. Soldiers give a food bag to a Vietnamese girl. Men wade through muddy water and load their food bags onto dug out boats. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army Special Forces camp at Thuong Thoi, (Detachment A-432) in Kien Tuong Province, Mekong Delta region of Vietnam during floods. Aerial view of a flooded region. Several huts and buildings surrounded by water. Aerial view of U.S. Army Special Forces Camp. Buildings arranged in two lines with a cluster of buildings in the center. Special Forces soldiers load a UH-1D Iroquois helicopter with supplies. View from inside the helicopter as its door is being closed. Pilot in white helmet standing near the door. View from outside, of right side of the helicopter with flooded river in background. American soldier in bathing suit and a Vietnamese soldier in fatigues, help civilian refugees from flood, out of their small boat. More aerial views of the flooded Mekong Delta. (Vietnam War)
Operation Jackstay in Vietnam. Several Landing Crafts (LCMs) heading back down a river in the Long Thanh peninsula area. A shoreline in the background. A United States flag raised aboard a craft. A Landing Craft in view. Coxswain in the background. James Franklin from Naval Operations Support Group aboard the craft. He stands with an M-14 rifle and looks towards the shoreline. He keeps a vigil for snipers. Two marines look for snipers. A jungle along the shoreline in the background. Marines come out of the jungle towards the LCM after patrol of the shore for Viet Cong. Heavy brush in the background. The marines return aboard the LCM. (Vietnam War period).
Dedication of the "John F. Kennedy Square" in Saigon, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. South Vietnamese soldiers standing at attention at the side of the Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon (01 Công xã Paris, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam). United States Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, and the South Vietnamese Prime Minister, Maj. Gen. Nguyen Khanh, inspect South Vietnamese troops. A military band plays music. View of the square in front of the Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon. Th Saigon Central Post Office (2 Công xã Paris, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam) is seen nearby. The square in front of Saigon's Roman Catholic Notre Dame Cathedral is renamed President John F. Kennedy Square, in honor of the late United States President John F. Kennedy. Vietnamese and White civilians witness the ceremony from across a street. ). Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge reads a speech behind a podium. Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh listens to the United States Ambassador’s speech. United States military officials in attendance. Ambassador Lodge and Prime Minister Nguyen Khanh jointly unveils a plaque to the memory of President John F. Kennedy. Plaque reads “Cong Truong Tong Thong John F. Kennedy”. Photographers take photos of the unveiling event. South Vietnamese soldiers standing at attention as a staff car drives away. Statue of the Virgin Mary in the square.
Places of interest in Saigon, Vietnam. Monkey on tree. Lotus flowers in a pond. A man poses for a picture. Buildings including the Presidential Palace (Independence Palace, Ben Thanh, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) and trees. Traffic includes cyclists, rickshaws, and pedestrians. The Notre Dame Cathedral of Saigon (01 Công xã Paris, Bến Nghé, Quận 1, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh 70000, Vietnam). A man poses near the white Virgin Mary statue outside the church. (The statue no longer stands at that location.)