United States Marines remove 60mm mortar rounds from ammunition crates then removes cardboard rounds from canister at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Group of Marine soldiers load and stack sandbags onto rear of a trailer. The trailer loaded with sandbags drives off on dirt road. (Vietnam War period).
United States Marines wearing gloves, string barbed wire around Khe Sanh, Vietnam. U.S. Marines uncoil barbed wire from spool with the help of pliers. Soldier removes portion of webbed material from ammunition boxes and canister. Marines clean barrel of 105 mm Howitzer. They carry 105 mm howitzer projectiles and place them in bunker made from empty ammunition crates. Soldier picks up shell casings. United States Marine covers breech section of 105mm Howitzer with plastic material (Vietnam War period).
United States Marine, with the help of axe attempts to open supply box, drooped by parachutes at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. Another Marine soldier washes his face and hands with water in a small plastic container and dries with a towel. Soldier empties water from container onto canteen cup. He pours water from a metallic water container into metal box. Group of Marines throw empty ammunition containers and other trash, onto 6x6 truck. (Vietnam War period).
Flares fired from an aircraft, descend on a dark night sky at Khe Sanh, Vietnam. View of explosion on ground.
Vietnamese civilians refugee men, women and children with baggage stand at airstrip in Khe Sanh, Vietnam, waiting to be evacuated. United States Marine soldiers stand with M-16 rifles in arm sling. Vietnamese refugees embark United States Air Force C-123 Provider aircraft. Dogs on the airstrip. United States Marines escort a Vietnamese woman on to the rear of C -123 Provider aircraft. (Vietnam War period).
Smoke, sparks and fire rises as ammunition dump explodes in Khe Sanh, Vietnam. View of 105 Howitzer with bunkers and sandbag walls in the foreground. White smoke rises with explosions from ammunition dump.