Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Paul McConnell visits Cam Ranh Bay Air Base in Vietnam. General McConell, Commander of the 1st Strategic Aerospace Division Major General Garland and Vice Commander of Aerospace Defense Command Lieutenant General Royal N Baker in staff cars arrive at the 12th TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) Alert Facility. General and party enter and exit the building and leave in staff cars. Airmen salute the General. Board reads 'Headquarters 12th Tactical Fighter Wing'. (Vietnam War period).
Chief of Staff of the United States Air Force, General Paul McConnell visits Cam Ranh Air Base in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. General McConell, Commander of the 1st Strategic Aerospace Division Major General Garland and Vice Commander of Aerospace Defense Command Lieutenant General Royal N Baker in staff cars arrive at the Robert F Worley Dinning Hall. General Paul McConnell shakes hands with officers. Sergeant Anthony J Bartolotti of the 555th Red Horse Construction Squadron seated at table drinking juice. Sign board at the entrance reads 'Robert F Worley Dinning Hall'. Painting of Major General Robert F Worley on the wall. Mr Turner, Major General Garland and General McConell receive plaques from Commander of 12th Tactical Fighter Wing, Colonel F White. General and party leave in staff cars.
Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Division Corps at the Rockpile in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. U.S. Major General R. G. Davis walks with a marine and speaks to him during a tour of the area. The marine without a shirt. Other marine officers and one without shirt follow. Marines near an M-109 and 155mm Self Propelled(S.P.) Howitzer (HOW) in the background. Marine officer without shirt speaks to Major General Davis. Other two officers one without shirt stand in the foreground. A marine photographs with still camera as he walks in the foreground. Two marines with camouflage utility trousers both without covers. One without shirt stands and uses rags to clean turret section of a Self Propelled 155mm howitzer (HOW). Letter on barrel of the HOW reads 'LOSER'. General Davis looks into bunkers and marines some without shirt stand and look on. General speaks with marines in front of a sandbag bunker. One marine stoops near doorway. The General walks and being accompanied by the marine without shirt. Another marine stands and walks in the area. General Davis speaks with marines near and atop a 155mm HOW. Mountains in the background. The General stands near turret of a 155 HOW while speaking to marines standing g in the foreground. Sandbags in the background. General Davis walk past psn made of the empty ammo carets. Marines stand near 155 HOW in the background. The General then stops and looks towards the barrel of 155 HOW as it turns. A marine working atop 155 S.P. HOW near psn made from sandbags and empty ammo carets. Mountains in the background.
Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Corps Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Hills and mountains in the foreground. A dirt road. Small psns at base of rocky mountains. A view of high and rocky mountains. Many psns at base of the same mountain. A dirt road passes a grassy field. Hills and mountains in the far background. A truck moves over a dirt road. Another truck carries supplies as it moves across a bridge. Many psns at base of the hill in far background. Marines washes a jeep in a stream. Hardback buildings and other psns in foreground. Self Propelled (S.P.) 105Mm Howitzer (HOW) in large dug out psns. A truck moves over road in far background. A S.P. 155 HOW parked near a mountain of dirt and psns made from ammo carets and sandbags. A second 155 HOW in psn and hills in the background.
Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Corps Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A barrel and muzzle break of Self Propelled (S.P.) 155mm Howitzer (HOW). One of the marine seated on a portion of HOW. He paints letters on the barrel. The muzzle break in foreground as two marines look on. The barrel of 155 HOW aimed out. Hills and mountains in the background. Two M-53, T-97 and S.P. 155 mm field artillery guns parked on dirt area with guns aimed out in the foreground. A portion of a road in the foreground. Many psns and large tents near large open dirt and grassy area.
Activities of the U.S. 3rd Marine Corps Division in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign in front of a large tent and sandbag wall reads 'USMC 3rd MAR REGT'. A walkway. A marine walks towards hardback buildings in far background. Two marines with utility and cover walk along the dirt walkway near large tents and hardback buildings. Other hardback buildings at Camp Carroll. The entrance of hardback building and a sign over door reads 'XO".