Board over building reads 'Welcome to Bien Hoa Air Base'. 173rd Airborne Brigade troops unload ammunition crates from C-130 Hercules aircraft at dawn. M-274 Mechanical Mule is unloaded from C-130 Hercules aircraft. Sergeant in combat gear stands on field. C-130 Hercules aircraft taxis on runway at Bien Hoa Air Base in Vietnam. (Vietnam War period).
173rd Airborne Brigade troops stand next to ammunition boxes at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam. Soldier drives M-274 Mechanical Mule followed by an army jeep. Soldiers rest on ground with vehicles parked in the background. United States soldier loads ammunition into rifle clip. (Vietnam War period).
173rd Airborne Brigade troops load ammunition into rifle clip at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam. Soldier rests on ground. Another soldier stands in front of army ambulance. Troops walk from field towards parked vehicles. Troops carry rifles, rocket launchers and machine guns. Officer seated in jeep eats ration. Soldiers seated in army truck eat ration. (Vietnam War period).
173rd Airborne Brigade U.S. Army troops seated on ammunition boxes at Bien Hoa Air Base, Vietnam. Soldier directs giving hand signals, as army jeep with 106 mm Recoilless Rifle unloads from a C-130 Hercules aircraft. Vehicle loaded with supplies parked in front of cargo hold of C-130 Hercules aircraft. African American soldier stands on field with a Supply loaded vehicle. The door of C-130 Hercules aircraft's Cargo hold closes. Soldier speaks into a PCR-10 Radio. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. troops aboard USS Bayfield (APA-33) during Operation Piranha on the White Beach, Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Troops on the deck of USS Bayfield wait for transportation to the beachhead. Crew member swab the deck of the ship. Two armored personnel carriers LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. Army Operation Piranha on the White Beach, Cap Batangan, Vietnam. Armored personnel carriers LVTP-5s (Landing Vehicle Tracked, Personnel) in water. One LVTP-5 underway near the side of a ship. Three LCTP-5s and one LCM-10 (Landing Craft, Mechanized) underway. An APD (high speed transport ship) at anchor. A man in a boat over the telephone. A U.S. Navy Sikorsky UH-34D helicopter on the deck of an LSD (Landing Ship, Dock). UH-34D takes off from USS Cabildo (LSD-16). (Vietnam War period).