United States plane airdrops cargo during Vietnam War. Cargo with olive green parachutes. The cargo parachutes are seen descending and blowing after landing. Marines emerging from foxhole ringed with small ammunition crates. Marines inspect crates. An African American Marine pulls a strap from cargo container. Marines removing shipping straps from pallets and checking contents labels. A deflated parachute lying on the ground. A Marine inspects a shipping label from a crate. Close up of a shipping label for ammunition addressed to Lung Binh, Vietnam.
A United States Lockheed C-130E plane dropping cargo to Marines in Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War. Parachutes open as cargo descends from the sky. View of parachutes and cargo strewn across the countryside. Cargo crates and deflated parachutes on the ground and in rice paddies. Broken shipping crates in rice paddy. Marines, one of whom is African American, standing in ditch near broken crate.
Smoke is seen on a hillside near Khe Sanh during the Vietnam War. A United States Marine in Jeep looks to a Lockheed C-130E in sky. A parachute hung up in tree. Marine running towards camera from drop zone.
A Marine looks towards a Lockheed C-130E in sky during the battle of Khe Sanh in the Vietnam War. A Lockheed C-130A airdrops parachute cargo. Many olive green parachutes descend and fall to the ground. Parachutes with cargo gently descend into drop zone as a United States Marine watches. Marines in foxhole look towards parachute in drop zone. Trucks drive into drop zone.
Smoke from air strike on the side of a mountain near the Khe Sanh perimeter during Vietnam War. A United States Lockheed C-123K in flight over Marine encampment and then making LAPES (low altitude parachute extraction system) maneuver. A distant air strike on mountain and small aircraft in sky.
Marines rolling cargo bundle off a parachute during the Vietnam War. A forklift places military cargo onto a truck. View of soldier driving forklift. African American soldier drives truck stacked cargo away. An African American Marine pulling parachute ropes. Forklift moves cargo parcel onto truck bed.