A helicopter flies over the runway as U.S. Army RU-8D Beechcraft Seminole aircraft, with olive drab paint job, and serial number 57-6053, makes a successful gear up landing on a foam-covered runway at Ton Son Nhut Air Base in South Vietnam. Ppilot walks away from the plane as firefighters and equipment move in. The aircraft is from the 146th Aviation Company, 224th Aviation Battalion (Radio Research) at Ton Son Nhut Air Base, Saigon. The many antennae, of various types seen on it, are typical of Special Electronic Mission Aircraft that flew so-called electronic intelligence (ELINT) missions.( Note: This landing was skillfully executed by the pilot with both engines feathered and props rotated to minimize contact with the ground..) (Vietnam War period).
U.S. soldiers fire howitzers at 25th Infantry Division Headquarters in Cu Chi, Vietnam. Use of FADAC (Field Artillery Digital Automatic Computer) in U.S. 25th Infantry Division Headquarters. Battery D, 3rd Battalion, 13th Artillery, 25th Infantry Division fire M-110 SP 8-inch howitzer mounted on tank. A crewman carries canister. Another round is loaded and fired. Two men put shell on loader up to the howitzer. The howitzer is elevated. The crewman tightens fuse on the ground and hands it up on cradle. (Vietnam War period).
Battery D, 3rd Battalion, 13th Artillery, 25th Infantry Division makes use of FADAC (Field Artillery Digital Analysis Computer) at Division Headquarters in Cu Chi, Vietnam. Two soldiers of 25th Infantry Division carry FADAC into an M-577 Command-Post armored vehicle. A computer is set up and connected. FADAC panel in view. A 400-cycle 110 Volt generator. Interiors of the M-577 shows an operator operating the computer. (Vietnam War period).
Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam food being distributed to people rendered homeless due to heavy monsoon rains causing floods in Mekong delta. Bags of food supplies, to be distributed to flood victims, piled up in Kien Thanh province in Vietnam. Vietnamese line up in large numbers to receive food. Some of them wear conical straw hats. A jeep moves past them on the street.
Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam food being distributed to people rendered homeless due to heavy monsoon rains causing floods in Mekong delta. A Vietnamese Army truck loaded with bags of food supplies pulls up in a compound. Supply bags piled up on the ground in the compound. Vietnamese workers unload bags from the truck. Girls scouts pass bags down chain line. Army truck loaded with supply bags moves past Vietnamese people. Vietnamese flag, people wearing conical straw hats gathered at the road side. (Vietnam War period).
Flood relief operations being carried on in Vietnam food being distributed to people rendered homeless due to heavy monsoon rains causing floods in Mekong delta. Vietnamese soldiers carry food supply bags as photographers take pictures. Vietnamese people receive food supplies as a part of flood relief. They carry bags onto their shoulders and move away. Men and women lined up as an officer gives away tickets to them for collecting food bags. (Vietnam War period).