Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. Soldiers of Fire Support Center dig ground nearby their camp. Soldiers discover fragments of Viet Cong mortar shells from wet quagmire and collect them. Bullet holes in conex containers. Soldiers dig with shovel and army knife. Cabins, jeeps and other soldiers at the base. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. General William C. Westmoreland talks with soldiers and officers of 1st Cavalry Division, including Brigadier General W. A. Becker. Soldiers smile. General Westmoreland departs by Bell UH-1 Iroquois (Huey) helicopter. At the Hammond Airfield, General Westmoreland steps from a jeep and is welcomed by officers. He stands on hood of a jeep and praises the fine job done by the soldiers. Soldiers gather around the jeep and listen to him. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. 1st Cavalry Division soldiers blindfold and bound Vietcong suspects at a village Bongson. Suspects on their knees and lined in a row. A soldier shoves a blindfolded suspect behind others, in a line. The Vietnamese informer looks at each suspect. Vietnamese interpreter manhandles a Viet Cong as he interrogates him. He grabs him by throat and shakes him violently. U.S. soldier and the informer talk with each other. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. 1st Cavalry Division soldiers interrogate Viet Cong suspects at a village Bongson. Suspects on their knees near their huts. Soldiers match photographs of Viet Cong suspects from a photo album. Natives sit on ground and then walk with the soldiers. A soldier uses flame thrower to destroy a hut. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. UH-1D helicopters lands one after the other in rice paddy near a river. Pilots and soldiers stand near the UH-1D copter talk among the group. U.S. soldiers alert in jungle and huts nearby, keep watch for any enemy movement. A burning hut in jungle. High grasslands, swamps in the jungle. A medic treats wound on thigh of a soldier. (Vietnam War period).
Operation Thayer II by First Air Cavalry Division of United States Army in Ankhe, South Vietnam. UH-1D helicopter comes down on rice paddy. Soldiers and Vietnamese interpreter climb on it. Soldiers between rice paddies filled with water. UH-1D helicopter lands, its Pilots talk looking at its damaged fuel tank. Another soldier loads rockets into the pod of a helicopter. (Vietnam War period).