Officers aboard Quiet Fast Boats during a patrol in the Bassac River, Vietnam. An M-60 machine gun in the foreground. U.S. Lieutenant Lemon and Lieutenant Riedel man their M-60 machine gun in the stern section of the QFB ( Quiet Fast Boats). Heavy foliage along the riverbank. One of the officers takes a paddle from the boat and puts it over the side. Chief Petty Officer Briggs is the coxswain of the boat. Lieutenant Lemon and Lieutenant Riedel man their M-60 machine gun in the background. Soldier fires a Mk 18 Mod 0 grenade launcher. Closeup view of the Mk 18 grenade launcher as it is fired. African American soldier pours river water on engines. Helicopters in flight overhead. (Vietnam War period).
Activities of the American 1st Cavalry Division in Chu Lai, South Vietnam. The United States Army UH-1D Iroquois helicopter being signaled to land in the rice paddy. Soldiers rush towards the helicopter and unload mermite food container mail and other supplies from the helicopter. The helicopter takes off. Soldiers carry off the supplies. Mail being distributed to the soldiers. (Vietnam War period).
A U.S. Army 1st Signal Brigade soldier operates a machine at the Regional Communications Center in Phu Lam, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. The soldier loads a tape into signal data machine RD-304 and starts it. The machine in motion. A close up of the tape reel turning. A soldier at a maintenance console. He pushes buttons and a light flashes.
A U.S. Army 1st Brigade soldier operates a machine at the Regional Communications Center in Phu Lam, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Two U.S. soldiers at a console. A U.S. officer enters and checks with men at a supervisory console. He supervises the soldiers. The officer speaks over a phone. A soldier pushes buttons. Another soldier operates an automatic sender / receiver machine (ASR). He pushes some buttons. A close up of the machine. He writes on a paper.
A U.S. 1st Signal Brigade soldier operates a machine at the Regional Communications Center in Phu Lam, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A sign reads 'DCS Station, Automatic Switching Center, Technical Control Branch'. The soldier walks in a room and attaches wires to a switch board. He checks the timing on a modulator. He rotates a button. The communication equipment. The dials, lights, oscilloscopes and flashing numbers. Another soldier operates an autodin ASC-2 simulator.
A U.S. Army 1st Signal Brigade soldier operates a machine at the Regional Communications Center in Phu Lam, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. A soldier operates a modulator. Another soldier speaks over a phone in the background. The communication equipment. The dials, lights, oscilloscopes and flashing numbers on the machine.