A flood in South Vietnam. Aerial view of a flooded city. Buildings surrounded by water and trees among the buildings. Rows of houses in view. Several buildings in water. Nui Sam Mountains surrounded by water. Rice fields covered with water in the Mekong Delta. Houses along the fields in water.
Flooded areas in South Vietnam. Rice fields in the Mekong Delta covered with water during the flood. The Mekong River and houses along the river. Aerial view of the region. The door of a helicopter in view. View of the flooded region from the cockpit of the helicopter. Aerial views of flooded areas in city of Long Xuyen. Buildings in the region The fields around filled with water. The surrounding area filled with water. A river flowing among the fields. Buildings and vegetation along the river. The water in the fields meets with the river flowing in several areas. A large water body. Buildings and a wooded region along the side of the water body.
Construction work at the 3rd Field Military Hospital in Saigon, Vietnam. A hospital building under construction. Three ambulances parked in the premises. Construction in progress. Traffic moving along busy street on the right. Several vehicles in the foreground. Vietnamese workers wearing typical conical hats (“Non la”) and several in hard hats, work within the foundation of the hospital under construction. A worker uses a hand saw to rip a 2 X 4 piece of wood. A Vietnamese worker smooths cement on a masonry wall. '3rd field hospital' written on a building. A U.S. Army sentry with a rifle guards the entrance. (Note: Expansion of the hospital, which included a modern emergency facility and surgery suite, among other things, was managed by U.S. contractor, Pacific Architects and Engineers. Most of the construction workers on the project were Vietnamese.) (Vietnam War period).
First day of duty of the United States Air Force personnel in Vietnam A Trans International DC-8 airplane arrives at Saigon Tan Son Nhut Airport Terminal. Marshalling the airplane. Various personnel of the United States Air Force descend from the plane. Air Force personnel put their luggage in a truck. They then move in to a bus. (Vietnam War period).
Port construction in South Vietnam. Activity seen. Cranes, derricks. American soldier stands on steel platform overlooking activity across the water. (Vietnam War period).
United States soldiers mark the date onto containers with a chalk and load it onto a ship in Vietnam. Cargo is brought near the ship by vehicles driven by United States soldiers. After marking the date cargo is loaded onto the ship with the help of a crane. A United States soldier reads a piece of paper. (Vietnam War period).