Aerial view of Dien Bien Phu showing craters from shelling after the Battle of Dien Bien Phu in the First Indochina War preceding Vietnam War. French Aéronavale (naval air) Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer Maritime patrol bomber in flight. A French pilot radioing from the cockpit. Paratroopers with parachutes drop from bombers. A bomber airdrops supplies. A French camp in Vietnam. French cannons and artillery shooting enemy positions. French troops evacuate injured soldiers from the battlefield. Vietnamese civilians scavenging in Hanoi after the end of the First Indochina War. An elderly woman sat in front of a doorway. A child looks up. French troops leave Vietnam. Communist North Vietnam flag on flagpole in Hanoi. North Vietnamese troops marching. World leaders convene at the 1954 Geneva Conference to decide the fate of Vietnam. Deputy Defence Minister Ta Quang Buu of Vietnam signs the Indochina Conference Armistice Agreement in Geneva on 21 July 1954. Delegates shake hands after the Geneva Conference. Refugees carry their belongings and children as they flee North Vietnam for South Vietnam. Vietnamese refugees crowd in United States Navy boats heading to South Vietnam. Refugee children help United States sailors swab the deck of a ship. The refugees disembark from ship upon arrival in Saigon, South Vietnam. 1954 map of Indochina countries such as Laos, Thailand, Cambodia, and North and South Vietnam. Mountains in the border between North and South Vietnam. President of North Vietnam Ho Chi Minh meets and plays with children. A happy girl clapping. Children surround Ho Chi Minh. A child plays with Ho Chi Minh’s beard and Ho Chi Minh smiles. Farmers build new huts in South Vietnam. South Vietnamese men and women but ballots into ballot box during voting. A woman wearing sunglasses and Ao Dai dress smiles after voting in the election. Packs and sacks of rice from the United States government in South Vietnam. Civilians distribute sacks of rice. Farmers receive new equipment and plows from the United States. Farmers harvest rice in rice paddies. Vietnamese men rowing in small boats and traditional Junk. Delegates arrive in Manila, Philippines for the Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty September 8, 1954. The Southeast Asia Collective Defense Treaty is signed. Delegates clapping after the treaty is signed. Vietnamese civilians gather concrete blocks and build houses. A car with bullet holes in window. A dead South Vietnamese politician in car murdered by North Vietnamese agents. North Vietnamese guerrillas hike in the jungle. Men running in front of a burning house in a village under siege by North Vietnam. Burned houses, rubble, and dead civilians in village after a North Vietnamese guerrilla attack. A portrait of Ho Chi Minh above a North Vietnam flag.
Viet Cong prisoners being escorted under armed guard by Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) soldiers, in mountain areas near Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam. Vietcong prisoners are marched with hands above their heads. They are brought before ARVN intelligence officer, Lieutenant Nguyen Khoan and his American adviser, Capt. Edward N. Fletcher, of MAAG (Military Assistance Advisory Group) Team 28. The officers direct the guards where to take the prisoners.
Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) Intelligence Officer, Lieutenant Nguyen Khoan, and Captain Edward N. Fletcher, of U.S. Military Assistance Advisory Group (MAAG)Team 28, interrogate a Vietcong prisoner in mountain areas near Tuy Hoa, South Vietnam. The Vietcong (VC) prisoner under armed guard, is questioned by the officers. Afterwards, Captain Fletcher places a map on the ground, and both officers look at it.
An orientation film for United States Air Force personnel assigned to Southeast Asia. USAF airmen walk with their baggage. Bags lying outside a building. Airmen seated at a table. A Vietnamese in a coolie hat pulls a wheel barrow. An airman stands on a bench and talks to the others. An airman takes notes near a bus. Sign on bus reads 'CBPO Processing'. Airmen including Airmen First Class and Senior Airmen board the buses. Papers on the bus read 'Phan Rang', 'Cam Ranh Bay', 'Nha Trang', and 'Tan Hoa.' (Vietnam War period).
A U.S. Air Force aircraft hits targets along a canal in Toy Bien in Nam Phan Province during Vietnam War in Vietnam. Aerial view of the fields in Toy Bien in Nam Phan Province in Vietnam. Black smoke due to bomb explosions mushrooms into the air. White smoke in the nearby areas on the field. Napalm bombs, White Phosphorus bombs, and 20 mm ammunition being dropped on target areas along the side of the canal by U.S. Army aircraft. Smoke spreads over the bursts along the whole length of the canal. Fields on both sides of the canal. Smoke rises from napalm burst on the field.
Archway over a street in Nha Trang. Entrance to the Long Sơn Pagoda (22 Đ. 23/10, Phương sơn, Thành phố Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa 650000, Vietnam). The iconic white Buddha statue on a hill at Long Sơn Pagoda. The temple in the foreground. The statue and surrounding area. Trees in the temple compound. Steps leading up to the statue. Incense offerings in front of the white Buddha.