A search and destroy mission of U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry, 3rd Battalion in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. soldiers cross a rice paddy. Boots of a soldier as he walks in muddy water. The soldiers wait to cross the paddy. They walk in ankle deep water. The soldiers standing with rifles. An ATC (Armored Troop Carrier) "Tango" riverine boat pulls into the bank of a river and lowers its front hatch door. The soldiers move across a grass field in the foreground. They board the boat via the open front hatch.
A search and destroy mission of U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry, 3rd Battalion in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers move across a grass field. They prepare plastic explosives for a Vietcong bunker. The explosives are placed in the bunker. The bunker explodes. The soldiers cross a grass field. They wade through knee deep water across a stream and struggle up a muddy embankment.
A search and destroy mission of U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry, 3rd Battalion in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers wade through waist deep water across a stream and struggle up a muddy embankment. They cross a muddy field. The soldiers speak over a radio and check a map. They struggle through mud and water of a rice paddy. The soldiers look at maps. They continue across the muddy field.
A search and destroy mission of U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry, 3rd Battalion in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A soldier crosses a muddy field. Soldiers in deep mud. A soldier covered with mud rests. He drinks from a canteen. A soldier wearing a raincoat eats C-rations. The soldiers move across an open field. Soldiers standing on a vehicle. The U.S. flag at mast.
A search and destroy mission of U.S. 9th Infantry Division, 47th Infantry, 3rd Battalion in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers search a hut. Two soldiers sitting on tombstones. Soldiers walk in a rice paddy. Two women walk along on a dike. Vietcong suspects cross a narrow wooden plank across a stream. The soldiers follow the suspects. The suspects are questioned and their papers are checked. They are released. A water buffalo in a paddy. Soldiers standing near a hut. A Viet family in the doorway.
Different types of aircraft at Tan Son Nhut Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Most ot them are civilian aircraft. An Airlift International Airways Boeing 727 parked and then taxiing. Pan American Boeing 707 (cargo version) aircraft, Numerous Douglas DC-3s and one civilian Curtiss C-46 Commando transport aircraft parked. A Thai Airways Caravelle jet taxiing. A Douglas DC-6 with "United States of America" painted on its side. A DHC-4 (C-7A) Caribou aircraft crosses the intersection of a road and taxiway. DC-3s and U-1A Otter aircraft taxi past the intersection. Yellow fuel truck and several vehicles holding short, waiting to cross active runway. Vortac transmitter in grass field beside them.