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).
Black Virgin Mountain signal site near Lai Khe in South Vietnam. Signal site atop the mountain with bunkers, buildings and antennas. A U.S. 1st Infantry Division guard soldier with rifle alert on roof of the sandbagged bunker. Other soldiers keep an eye, alert with their rifles on top of the sandbagged bunkers. (Vietnam War period).
The Fire Support base of the United States Army in Normandy 1, southeast of Lai Khe, South Vietnam. Tents and bunkers covered by the sandbags at the camp. A soldier walks out of a bunker with some strategic documents. 81 mm mortar launcher at the sandbagged emplacement. Soldiers fire 105 mm Howitzer. Soldiers stand around the shells of the Howitzer. 'Bad Breath' written on barrel of the Howitzer. A soldier baths in outdoor underneath a makeshift shower. (Vietnam War period).
Lai Khe base transferred to the 1st Infantry division of the United States Army, in South Vietnam. General Nguyen Van Hieu, General Do Cao Tri and Lieutenant General Julian J Ewell arrive at the base camp and greeted by the dignitaries. General Hieu and General Tri salute while Major General Albert E. Milloy and Ewell stand in attention. United States soldiers stand in formation. The Generals review the troops. The American flag lowered from the post and folded. Flag detail marches off. VN and American troops change sides. General Hieu addresses the soldiers on a microphone. Color guard Generals stand on the stand. General Milloy addresses on the microphone. Dignitaries listen and watch him. The generals shake hands with each other after the ceremony. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of the United States Army in South Vietnam during the Battle of Khe Sanh of the Vietnam War. Army troops load and fire an M-107, 175 mm self propelled gun from a revetment. One of the soldiers talks over a phone. Smoke rises from the firing of the gun. The howitzer is turned to fire in another direction.
Activities of the United States Army in South Vietnam during the Battle of Khe Sanh of the Vietnam War. Marines in sandbagged positions on the battlefield. They change barrels of a .50 caliber machine gun. Smoke on a ridge in distance. The marines walk in a trench. They move across a field.
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