U.S. 2D Battalion 503D Infantry 173D Airborne Brigade Soldiers move through mess line in clearing during Operation Big Spring in North of Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. Radio operator eating. Soldiers going through the mess line. Soldier give can to another soldier. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. 2D Battalion 503D Infantry 173D Airborne Brigade officer looking at map on table in base camp during Operation Big Spring in North of Bien Hoa, South Vietnam.. U.S. Soldiers firing 81mm mortar. CH-47 helicopter landing with slingload of ammunition. Soldiers unload a generator from CH-47. Soldiers load generator onto M-274 mechanical mule. M-274 drives off. (Vietnam War period).
Stack of 105mm howitzer rounds during Operation Big Springs in North of Bien Hoa, South Vietnam. U.S. 2D Battalion 503D Infantry 173D Airborne Brigade soldier setting up an M-102, 105mm Howitzer in field. (Vietnam War period).
A CV-2 Caribou airplane taxis to a stop during Operation Cedar Falls at Tan Son Nhut Airfield, South Vietnam. U.S. Soldiers board the CV-2. Soldiers get off the CV-2 at Lai Ke. (Vietnam War period).
The Vice President of the United States, Hubert H. Humphrey, visits the U.S. Army Americal Division in Chu Lai, South Vietnam (aka 23rd Infantry). U.S. and Vietnamese flags. Vice President Humphrey, U.S. General William C. Westmoreland, Commandant of U.S. Marine Corps, Robert E Cushman and U.S. Major General Samuel W Koster on a platform. Americal division troops march with flags. Humphrey pins decorations on soldiers and makes a short speech. He shakes hands with one soldier. (Vietnam War period).
A U.S. Army film about U.S. Marine elements in Vietnam. A U.S. Marine aircraft lands at the 1st Marine Air Craft Wing Base Headquarter at Da Nang in South Vietnam. A drag parachute attached to the tail of craft. Aerial view of the base camp. Additional aircraft sent to the headquarters. They are refueled and reloaded. A pilot exits his aircraft. Recon aircraft in flight. A film camera unloaded from reconnaissance aircraft. It is immediately processed. The film is used to see the recent changes and bombed areas. (Vietnam War period).