National Day parade in Vietnam. A sign reads '197 Aviation armed helicopter company operations' Men with flags at the annual parade to commemorate the over throw of the Diem regime in Vietnam. A Military Police officer salutes in the foreground. United States Ambassador to Vietnam Henry Cabot Lodge arrives and takes his place in the stand. Various high ranking Vietnamese offices salute the Ambassador as they stand in front of the stand with crowds in the background. Vietnamese Prime minister Air Marshal Nguyen Cao Ky get off a car and walks around the front and is almost run over as the car lurches forward. Balloons being released and head skywards.
National Day parade in Vietnam. Vietnamese officer in a jeep as he moves past the review stand during an annual parade to commemorate the overthrow of Diem regime in Vietnam. Vietnamese soldiers carrying flags march past the stands. Officers review the parade in the background. Men and women of the Montagnard group march past the stands. Viet police, civil guards, rangers and Marines march past the stands. Vietnamese cavalry units, sailors march with a military police officer in the foreground. Flags as United States Navy CH-34 helicopters and 0-1 planes fly overhead. American soldiers of 173rd Brigade carrying the flags of United States march past the stands. American sailors, marines and airmen parade past. A military band marches at the parade. (Vietnam War period).
National Day parade in Vietnam. Flags of different nations hoisted as aircraft fly over head at an annual parade to commemorate the overthrow of Diem regime in Vietnam. High ranking Vietnamese officers and United States ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge in the review stand. Vietnamese tanks, trucks and communication vans pass in review. Helicopters and jets fly overhead during the parade. Trucks with Vietnamese soldiers tow artillery pieces past the stand. (Vietnam War period).
U.S. troops celebrate Christmas in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A cardboard cut out depicting Santa Claus at the entrance of a barracks. A soldier holds a small white Christmas tree. Other soldiers decorate a tree with ornaments. A Christmas tree and a cross at the entrance of a chapel. United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Kitty Hawk underway at sea. An altar aboard the USS Kitty Hawk. A bible placed at the altar. A Christmas tree decorated with greeting cards. Santa Claus arrives at an orphanage in Vietnam on board a tank that has been painted white and appointed with a sled and reindeers, along with the words, 'Merry Christmas.' A sign at the orphanage reads 'Merry Christmas and Happy New Year' and depicts Santa driving a bulldozer. Vietnamese children wave. The U.S. Navy Chaplains Corp Chief James Kelly speaks at a desk extending Christmas wishes. A Chaplain conducts a prayer service. A patrol boat underway at sea. The American flag waves alongside the South Vietnamese flag. Background music is U.S. Navy Seachanters singing Christmas Carol "I Heard the Bells on Christmas Day".
Operations of United States 1st Infantry Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An ambulance backs up to a field hospital. Wounded Vietcong prisoners outside the hospital. Dead Americans are carried from the ambulance on litters. The wounded are carried from the ambulance. U.S. Army Lieutenant General Jonathan O.Seaman talks with a wounded soldier at the field hospital. An officer and an ARVN (Army of the Republic of Vietnam) interpreter questions wounded Vietcong prisoners.
The activities of the United States Navy in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. United States Navy Sea, Air and Land Forces (SEAL) members in Vietnam. Three SEAL officers get aboard a United States Army UH-1B Iroquois helicopter. A member of the SEAL recon team talks to pilot and direct him by a map. Helicopter in flight over heavy jungle in Rung Sat area along the Lon Tau river. Aerial view of a barren patch of ground amidst the jungle growth, taken during the recon. Small tributaries of the Lon Tau river. Mekong area, river in the background.