Aerial view of many helicopters parked on rain soaked ground at an air base in South Vietnam. American army officers (military advisers to South Vietnam) hold conversations while standing near a UH-1 Huey helicopter. Next, a group of ARVN (Army of Republic of Vietnam) troops boarding a U.S. Piasecki-H21 helicopter and a Sikorsky H-34. Armed ARVN troops are seated inside, on the floor of a helicopter. Aerial view from above, of UH-1 choppers flying low across the terrain near a coastline. View from helicopter flyiing low along a river. Closeup of a Piasecki-H21 flying past the camera. South Vietnamese soldier looking out the window of a chopper. ARVN exit a hovering helicopter into shallow water and slog towards their objective. View of jungle from helicopter in flight. U.S. officers confer as a wounded American adviser is carried, on a stretcher, from the jungle to a waiting UH-1 helicopter, for evacuation. He is placed in the medivac chopper next to a wounded ARVN soldier. Closeup of Two South Vietnamese navy officers standing on a boat. One points to a South Vietnamese river gunboat firing at the opposite shore. Gun are seen firing from another gunboat. ARVN troops charge the shore in an amphibious training exercise. They enter sandy areas and employ shrubbery as camouflage. View over shoulder of one firing his rifle. Views of ARVN troops firing weapons as they advance in jungles and firing a mortar. Closeup of a wounded South Vietnamese soldiers being tendedon a stretchers . Vietnamese women and girls dressed in ao dai waiting anxiously. A soldier burning incense and praying for a fallen comrade.
Importance of helicopter proved during Vietnam crisis. Helicopter in flight during Vietnam crisis in South Vietnam. Vietnamese people come out of helicopter during rescue missions. Firing from helicopter. Helicopter lands on water. A helicopter tows another and takes off.
Activities of the United States Special Forces in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Montagnards lined up as Sargent Arthur C. Juniewicz of U.S. Special Forces gives away clothes, sleeping mats and shoes to them in South Vietnam. A Vietnamese man tries the shoes given to him. Men receive clothes and sleeping mats from Sargent Juniewicz. Montagnards lined up including a woman to get the clothes and shoes. Vietnamese men walk away in a line after getting clothes and shoes.
Activities of the Vietnamese Special Forces in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Vietnamese Special Forces Montagnard soldiers of Monuong tribe carry tin sheets and lace them near a bunker in Vietnam. A soldier hammers nails into the tin sheets. Sheets being placed on the bunker as a roof. A soldier cuts the edge of the tin sheet. A soldier hammers a nail into the tin roof of the bunker.
United States Army CH-21 helicopter of 121st Aviation Company (AML), (formerly the 93rd Transportation Company - Light Helicopter) based in Soc Trang, Vietnam. It flies over trees and rice paddy fields in Vietnam as the crew chief stands at the doorway of the helicopter. It approaches Soc Trang air base as other helicopters are also seen parked at the base. (Vietnam War period).
United States Army CH-21 helicopter also known as flying banana, flies over trees and rice paddy fields in Vietnam. The helicopter is part of the 121st Aviation Company (Air Mobil Light), (formerly the 93rd Transportation Company - Light Helicopter) based in Soc Trang, Vietnam. It lands and injured Vietnamese civilians are unloaded from the helicopter and put into a military jeep. CH-21 prepares to move away and lifts off. (Vietnam War period).