U.S. Marines setting up to refuel helicopters at a forward base in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam. They connect hoses and begin to transfer fuel. But a hole in the hose causes a serious leak with fuel running onto the ground. View of empty fuel bladder laying flat on the ground. The Marines set up new refueling lines to a full bladder. They open valves and fuel two Marine Corps UH-1E Iroquois helicopters that arrive in quick succession. (Vietnam War period).
The Battle of Khe Sanh in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An M-76 amphibious cargo carrier is driven. Casualties on stretchers being placed aboard United States Marine Corps UH-1H Iroquois and CH-46B Sea Knight helicopters. Men remove long crates from a CH-46B helicopter.
The Battle of Khe Sanh in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A United States Marine Corps CH-53A Sea Stallion helicopter carries a heavy cargo such as netted crates, a truck and a trailer on a sling as seen from the bottom hatch of the aircraft. The helicopter deposits the cargo on the ground. A soldiers mans a gun in the helicopter. Cargo chutes descend toward the drop zone.
The Battle of Khe Sanh in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Marines fill sand bags and stack them around a communications van. A Marine flattens the stack. The Marines stand in a group. A Marine opens the sand bags. Two Marines talk.
The Battle of Khe Sanh in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Smoke rises outside the perimeter of a camp area. Soldiers in the camp area. A fire truck foams a burning vehicle. A Marine helicopter takes off. A wrecked United States Marine Corps ( USMC ) UH-1 Iroquois helicopter in a revetment. A damaged United States Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter in the revetment. Container Delivery System bundles dropped from a United States Marine Corps Lockheed C-130 Hercules. Damaged window pane of the aircraft. United States Marine Corps McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II aircraft drop napalm and general purpose bombs. A UH-1 Iroquois helicopter lifts off and flies away.
The Battle of Khe Sanh in Khe Sanh, South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Marines remove mortar rounds from canisters in sandbagged position. A United States Marine Corps CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter burns. A United States Air Force C-123 Provider aircraft taxis in the foreground. A fire truck moves in and foams the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter. Men pull hoses and foam the burning aircraft.