U.S. Army 199th Light Infantry Brigade soldiers following a ceremony honoring their Chaplain, Captain Angelo Liteky, who received the DSC. A Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) on the Chaplain's uniform. M-113 Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) lined up. The Chaplain talks to the members of the press. (Vietnam War period).
Chaplain Angelo Liteky conducts mass for soldiers of the 199th Light Infantry, using a small printed guide, which the attending soldiers also use to follow and participate in the mass. (Vietnam War period).
A visit by South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu, Vietnamese Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky and others to Pleiku Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. RVN (Republic of Vietnam) soldiers stand in formation at Pleiku Air Base. The soldiers hold flags. A sign on a building frame reads 'Welcome to Pleiku Air Base'. South Vietnamese President Nguyen Van Thieu deplanes followed by Vice President Nguyen Cao Ky. President Thieu shakes hands with RVN officers and reviews RVN troops. President Thieu and Vice President Ky come out of a building. President Thieu talks to a Vietnamese officer.
Life of natives in a village in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign in Vietnamese reads ' Plei Chi' the huts of Montagnard village. Children outside the hut as a Montagnard walks out of the hut and sits with children. A girl mills banana leaves. A villager carries empty ammo cases. Villagers gathered near a well which is under construction. A man comes out of the well. Dirt being brought up in a can.
Life of natives in a village in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A fish pond under construction. A native at the bank of the pond. United States 4th Infantry Division soldier talks to the native. A Montagnard family bunker. Mouth of the bunker.
A Douglas AC-47 Spooky Gunship parked at Pleiku Air Base during the Vietnam War. The mascot of the 4th Special Operations Squadron, a ghost, as the nose art of the aircraft. The word “Spooky” is written on the ghost. Side view of the Douglas AC-47 (also nicknamed "Puff, the Magic Dragon"). The AC-47 displays three M134 Minigun Gatling type machine guns. Closeup view of the machine guns projecting from windows of the gunship. View of the Douglas AC-47 nose and cockpit.