United States Army soldiers at a base camp in South Vietnam. A soldier carries 105mm Howitzer (HOW) shells to artillery position. Fire by artillery. Soldiers on tank. M-28 tank takes up position near 105mm HOW. Soldiers get off the tank. Smoke arises from signal grenade. CH-47 helicopter flies in with sling load of ammunition. Ammunition is dropped and helicopter flies. M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APC) and M-48 tanks in security position. Soldiers near by 105mm Howitzer. Soldiers carry mermite cans from UD-1D helicopter. The cans contain hot meals for the troops. (Vietnam War period).
United States soldiers served with food and artillery in South Vietnam. M-113 tanks and 105mm Howitzer (HOW) in field. Soldiers pass shell in chain fashion. Soldiers sit on tanks and jeeps. Artillery on field. Soldiers assemble artillery near 115mm HOW. An underexposed base camp. Soldiers move through outdoor mess line and are served with food. They eat. (Vietnam War period).
11th Armored Cavalry Regiment soldiers at fire control center in South Vietnam. Soldiers at fire control center. Vietnamese on 105mm Howitzer sit and talk. 105Mm and 113 tanks in field. American soldiers aim load and fire 105mm HOW. (Vietnam War period).
Aerial view of region around a river in South Vietnam. A low causeway-style bridge across the river can be seen. Truck drives on the bridge. Views of numerous houses and crossroads in a town center.
U.S. Army 1st Infantry soldiers move inside the jungles in Lai Khe, South Vietnam. Soldiers sit in a group at the jungle. One of them demonstrates the use of wireless radio telephone sets. The other soldiers listen to him carefully. Views of the radio backpack unit. One soldier holds portable radio units and examines them. He holds them near the backpack unit. (Vietnam War period).
The USS Harnett County (LST-821) in South China Sea, near the coast of Vietnam. Several U.S. Navy Riverine boats cluster around her. Closeups of Riverine boat crewmen. A Patrol Boat Riverine (PBR) headed out on patrol. Navy Seawolf UH-1B gunship of Light Helicopter Attack Squadron 3 (HAL-3) passes close by the camera. Aerial view of the Mekong delta region of South Vietnam showing rivers, streams, canals, and Mangrove forests and cultivated fields. View from cockpit of helicopter approaching the USS Harnett County and sound of the pilot requesting a "green deck" to land. Green flag flying over the landing zone on the ship. The chopper lands and deck crew secures it and beginning servicing it. View of the ship anchored 2 miles from the mouth of the Cochin River. Riverine patrol boat returning to the ship. A ship's officer (Lieutenant) on the bridge, speaking with sailors. They observe the shore with visual aids. Glimpse of a wooden Vietnamese fishing boat. Closeup of main rotor blades turning on a Navy U1B gunship. Crew boarding and the helicopter cleared for takeoff. It flies low over the river as it departs on daily patrol. . View from helicopter as it flies over the delta.