A search and destroy mission of U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry, 3rd Battalion in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers move across a grass field. They prepare plastic explosives for a Vietcong bunker. The explosives are placed in the bunker. The bunker explodes. The soldiers cross a grass field. They wade through knee deep water across a stream and struggle up a muddy embankment.
A search and destroy mission of U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry, 3rd Battalion in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers wade through waist deep water across a stream and struggle up a muddy embankment. They cross a muddy field. The soldiers speak over a radio and check a map. They struggle through mud and water of a rice paddy. The soldiers look at maps. They continue across the muddy field.
A search and destroy mission of U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry, 3rd Battalion in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A soldier crosses a muddy field. Soldiers in deep mud. A soldier covered with mud rests. He drinks from a canteen. A soldier wearing a raincoat eats C-rations. The soldiers move across an open field. Soldiers standing on a vehicle. The U.S. flag at mast.
A search and destroy mission of U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry, 3rd Battalion in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers search a hut. Two soldiers sitting on tombstones. Soldiers walk in a rice paddy. Two women walk along on a dike. Vietcong suspects cross a narrow wooden plank across a stream. The soldiers follow the suspects. The suspects are questioned and their papers are checked. They are released. A water buffalo in a paddy. Soldiers standing near a hut. A Viet family in the doorway.
Bob Hope show at camp Enari in Pleiku, South Vietnam. Bob hope and troupe entertain the United States soldiers. Performer plays trumpet on the stage. Performer plays the saxophone. Performer plays trombone. Band accompanies them from the background. Soldiers sit in front, watch performances and click pictures of performers. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 1st Air Cavalry Division armed with M-16 rifles advance in a grassy area of Ankhe, South Vietnam, during a training mission. Soldiers aim with their rifles and advance. Soldiers descend from a hovering CH-47 helicopter using a rope ladder. (Vietnam War period).