U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division troops rappel from hovering army helicopters in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Troops climb a rope ladder hanging from a helicopter. Troops board the helicopter. Troops descend from the helicopter by the rope ladder. (Vietnam War period).
View of three different types of recoilless rifle shells at a sandbagged emplacement in Ankhe South Vietnam. One of the shells reads '90M COMP B CART ME XM591'. U.S. Army 1st Air Cavalry Division soldier loads a shell into a recoilless weapon mounted on the shoulders of another soldier. The armed soldier looks through the scope of the launcher. (Vietnam War period).
A U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division soldier equipped with an E63 (XM-2) personnel detector manpack. The E63 intake tube is mounted to the barrel of his M-16 rifle and a signal cord runs from the backpack to a speaker under his helmet. The soldier advances slowly through an area of heavy brush, during training in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Another soldier moves in the background. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division soldiers on a field watch as other soldiers rappel from helicopters during a training exercise in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Soldier unfastens safety harness. Troops rappel from a hovering helicopter, one after the other. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. A CH-54 helicopter of United States flies with surgical pod near hills. Agricultural farms and village as seen from the helicopter in flight. Crewmen work on another helicopter at the base. The CH-54 during its flight seen from another helicopter. The CH-54 lands. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Soldiers of Fire Support Center dig ground nearby their camp. Soldiers discover fragments of Viet Cong mortar shells from wet quagmire and collect them. Bullet holes in conex containers. Soldiers dig with shovel and army knife. Cabins, jeeps and other soldiers at the base. (Vietnam War period).