U.S. Mobile Strike Forces in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Strike Force members cross a jungle stream over a fallen tree. A Montagnard soldier fills a canteen with water from the stream. An Australian soldier plays mumblety-peg with Montagnard soldiers. They uses a bayonet.
U.S. Mobile Strike Forces in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An Australian soldier drops a signal grenade and directs a helicopter for a landing. A U.S. Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopter lands. Montagnard soldiers unload supplies and the helicopter flies off.
U.S. Mobile Strike Forces in Pleiku, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. An Australian officer and a Montagnard interpreter look over documents taken from a dead Vietcong soldier. The dead soldier in brush. A Montagnard soldier smokes a pipe. Montagnard and U.S. soldiers fishing in a stream with hand grenades. Stunned fish are gathered from the stream.
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).
Artillery fortification in Bien Hoa, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers of U.S. 8th Artillery 54th Artillery Group work on an M107 Self Propelled 175mm gun. Filled sacks in the foreground. Firing from the howitzer. The soldiers come out of a bunker. A soldier carries shells and places them on a howitzer. Two men load the shells in the howitzer and clean a gun barrel.
Artillery fortification in Bien Hoa, Vietnam during the Vietnam War. Soldiers of U.S. 7th Battalion, 8th Artillery 54th Artillery Group carry shells out of a bunker and place them on an M107 Self Propelled 175mm gun. The soldiers load the shells in the gun. A soldier talks over a telephone and gives a signal for firing. Soldiers clean the gun barrel and prepare for firing. A soldier talks over a telephone and another soldier standing at the back watches him.